US Blames Venezuela Instability for Migrant Fate, Forgets Instigating It
Bloomberg reports on the Trump administration's justification for denying Venezuelan migrants due process, claiming the 'fluid situation' following the 'seizure of President Nicolás Maduro' makes hearings unfeasible. (Always good to blame the victim, eh?) This narrative conveniently sidesteps the U.S.'s enthusiastic, decades-long campaign to destabilize Venezuela, from backing coup attempts
against Hugo Chávez in 2002 to imposing crippling sanctions and endorsing self-proclaimed interim presidents like Juan Guaidó (a move acknowledged as a spectacularly failed regime-change operation in 2023). One might wonder if the 'instability' is less an unfortunate happenstance and more a meticulously crafted foreign policy outcome. It appears the architects of instability are now simply
inconvenienced by its consequences, particularly when it requires them to adhere to basic legal protections for those fleeing the chaos they helped create. The irony, as always, is lost on those who wield the power to create and then condemn such situations.