US 'Blockade' of Venezuela: Humanitarian Concern or Oil Grab?
While Bloomberg neatly packages the US Coast Guard’s interception of a third Venezuelan oil tanker as 'deepening' a benevolent 'blockade,' they conveniently omit decades of US foreign policy in Latin America. This isn't about 'sanctions' on a non-sanctioned vessel; it's about weaponizing economic pressure to destabilize a sovereign nation with vast oil reserves. This familiar playbook, perfected
in places from Cuba to Iraq, consistently bypasses international law to enforce US corporate and geopolitical interests. One might almost believe the US was genuinely concerned with Venezuela's economic output, rather than its independent control over it. The timing of such aggressive tactics—amidst global energy market volatility—raises questions: is this really about 'democracy' or about
controlling who sells the oil and to whom?