Trump Declares 'Emergency' to Steal Venezuelan Oil, Again
While RT frames this as 'protecting' funds, this move, like previous administrations' freezing of Venezuelan assets, is a thinly veiled act of economic warfare. Historically, the U.S. has a long and storied tradition of using 'emergencies' and 'national security' as pretexts to interfere in Latin American economies, from supporting coups to outright seizing resources. Consider the 1954 CIA-backed
coup in Guatemala for United Fruit Company interests or the ongoing economic blockade against Cuba. These actions consistently destabilize nations, enrich favored corporate entities, and rarely, if ever, benefit the average citizen of the target country. The declaration of an 'emergency' here essentially greenlights the continued holding, and potential rerouting, of billions in Venezuelan oil
revenues—funds desperately needed by the Venezuelan people. One has to wonder: how many 'national emergencies' does it take for the U.S. to 'protect' foreign assets, particularly when those assets are oil reserves?