US-Backed Regime Change Pays Off For 'Mystery' Funders
The Independent reports on a 'mystery trader' who raked in a substantial payout betting on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro's removal from power in Venezuela. What a coincidence that such a prescient gambler would materialize just as the US Treasury Department, State Department, and intelligence agencies are openly (and sometimes covertly) working to destabilize the Venezuelan government, imposing
crippling sanctions and backing opposition figures for years. One might cynically wonder if this wasn't so much a 'bet' as an 'investment' in declared US foreign policy objectives. This isn't rogue speculation; it's practically a playbook. The US has a long, documented history of intervention in Latin America, from Chile's Salvador Allende to countless 'banana republics.' With billions in frozen
Venezuelan assets and a consistent drumbeat of regime change rhetoric from Washington, it appears some investors simply have better access to the strategic forecasts. The 'mystery' isn't in *how* they knew, but in why mainstream media still pretends it’s a surprise.