U.S. 'Regime Change' Experts Now Discover Democracy Is Hard
The article muses on the complexities after removing a foreign leader, a curiously neutral framing for decades of overt U.S. intervention. While pondering the 'messy aftermath' of U.S. efforts in Venezuela, it conveniently glosses over the documented history of U.S. sanctions, covert operations, and even backing opposition figure Juan Guaidó—who, according to an AP report in 2020, received $52
million from USAID and State Department funds to create parallel governmental structures. Funny how these 'complications' only appear post-intervention, never during the planning. One might wonder if America's 'democracy promotion' efforts (read: coups) might face less resistance if they weren't so transparently about resource control and strategic influence. Perhaps the 'easy part' wasn't driving
Maduro out, but rather convincing American audiences that it was ever about anything other than American interests. At least they're finally admitting it won't be 'easy.' (It's almost like the locals have agency.)