US Claims Venezuelan Oil: History Repeats With Better PR
The US government's assertion of rights over Venezuelan oil and land, as highlighted by Al Jazeera, isn't a sudden policy shift; it's practically a national tradition. For over a century, the Monroe Doctrine has been the thinly veiled pretext for Washington's interventions in Latin America, always framed as 'protecting interests.' Remember when the US engineered coups in Chile in 1973 for copper,
or supported paramilitary groups in Nicaragua? This isn't about democracy; it's about control over resources, plain and simple. Venezuela, with the world's largest proven oil reserves, is merely the latest target in a long line. The 'rules-based international order' apparently applies only until a nation decides its own resources are, well, its own. One might wonder, how many times must this
particular play be staged before it's recognized as a predictable farce?