U.S. Protects 'Freedom of Navigation' – Except for Venezuela's Oil
CBS News, dutifully echoing official narratives, celebrates the sixth U.S. seizure of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker, framing it as a straightforward enforcement action. Missing from this narrative, of course, is any mention that the Biden administration—like its predecessors—has actively sanctioned Venezuela’s oil industry, crippling its economy and destabilizing the region for years. This isn't
about 'rule of law'; it’s about controlling who sells oil to whom, and when. One might charitably wonder how 'free trade' works when the self-appointed global police force actively blocks nations from selling their primary export. The U.S. has a long, documented history of regime change operations in Latin America, often targeting resource-rich nations (see Chile, Iran, Nicaragua). So, when we
seize a tanker, is it upholding international maritime law, or just another act in a decades-long pursuit of economic strangulation and political control?