Trump Demands 'Total Access' to Venezuela — For Its Oil, Obviously
Mainstream media reports Trump's assertion that the US needs “total access” to Venezuela, explicitly tying it to “oil and to other things in their country” to “rebuild their country” after the apparent capture of President Maduro. While pundits debate the semantics of “Maduro's capture,” the underlying message is clear: humanitarian intervention often smells suspiciously like crude. This isn't
groundbreaking; US interventions across Latin America and the Middle East, from Chile to Iraq, have consistently coincided with strategic resource interests. One might wonder if this 'rebuilding' mirrors the infrastructure projects implemented in other resource-rich nations after U.S.-backed regime change. The casual declaration, “We’re in charge,” cuts through any pretense of democracy-promotion,
revealing a transactional worldview where national sovereignty is secondary to resource acquisition. How many sovereign nations must be 'rebuilt' before the U.S. truly 'rebuilds' its own credibility?