UN Security Council to Meet on Venezuela While US Demands Unquestioning Loyalty
Today's news about the UN Security Council holding an emergency meeting on Venezuela (as reported by The Hill ) arrives without a shred of historical context regarding the United States' role in the region. One might recall the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, tacitly supported by the US government, or the crushing sanctions imposed by successive administrations, including the Trump
administration's 2017 financial sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil industry. It seems geopolitical concern is always proportional to how much a nation deviates from Washington's preferred economic model. The US, a perpetual champion of 'democracy abroad' while simultaneously attempting to dictate economic policy and leadership in nations like Venezuela for decades, uses the UN as a stage for
performative diplomacy. How many 'emergency meetings' has the UNSC held on the humanitarian crises exacerbated by US-led sanctions? Zero, apparently. It’s almost as if 'international law' is selectively applied when it protects US interests or condemns nations resistant to them.