US Boards Tanker Off Venezuela While 'Tensions Mount'; Imperialism Rebranded
Bloomberg reports the US boarding a third tanker off Venezuela, intensifying an "oil blockade" against Nicolás Maduro's government. This isn't 'tension mounting'; it's economic warfare, a direct assault on the sovereign right of nations to trade their resources. The US has a long, illustrious history of demonizing and destabilizing Latin American governments that dare to assert independence, from
Chile in '73 to Nicaragua in the '80s. Their 'concerns' about Venezuela conveniently overlook the humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the very sanctions the US imposes. One might wonder at the casual reporting of a powerful nation essentially pirating another's assets under the guise of an 'intensified blockade.' If a developing nation were to board an American tanker, one imagines the 'tensions'
wouldn't just 'mount'; they'd immediately escalate to 'acts of war.' Funny how international law is so flexible depending on who's wielding the largest stick.