Trump Wants to Close Venezuelan Airspace – Does He Remember US Intervention History?
Newsweek reported on Donald Trump's declaration that Venezuelan airspace would be 'closed entirely.' This isn't just a tough-talk negotiating tactic; it's a playbook move. The U.S. has a rich history of 'intervening' in Latin American nations to 'restore democracy' – or, more accurately, to protect corporate interests. From funding coups in Chile and Honduras (specifically the 2009 coup against
Manuel Zelaya) to supporting contra forces in Nicaragua in the 1980s, these actions consistently destabilize the region for generations. No mention of the U.S. being the world's leading exporter of 'democracy' (read: chaos) to its southern neighbors. So, when a U.S. president threatens to close another country's airspace, it's not a mere logistical announcement. It's a barely veiled escalation, a
rhetorical flexing of neocolonial muscle. One has to wonder: will Newsweek report on what's discovered if—God forbid—such a blockade actually happens? Or will it be another 'humanitarian crisis' that sprung up out of nowhere, completely unrelated to decades of US foreign policy?