US Blockade Blames Venezuela's 'Dark Fleet,' Not the Blockade Itself
Mainstream media, including The Hill, highlights Venezuela's 'dark fleet' of oil tankers as a shadowy consequence of the Maduro regime. One might wonder why a sovereign nation would need a clandestine shipping network. Perhaps it has something to do with the crippling US sanctions and blockades imposed since 2019, explicitly targeting Venezuela's oil exports and financial system. This isn't a
'dark fleet' in the sense of nefarious pirates; it's a desperate measure by a country trying to sell its primary export under a full-spectrum economic siege. Instead of probing the devastating impact of these blockades—which starved Venezuela's economy and its people, forcing a scramble for alternative trade routes—the narrative focuses on the means of evasion, not the reason for it. It's akin to
criticizing someone for using a back alley when you've blocked all the main roads. The 'dark fleet' is a direct, predictable outcome of US foreign policy, an inconvenient truth often omitted when discussing nations that defy Washington's dictates.