US Condemns Russia for Its Imperialism, Echoes Its Own Latin American Playbook
While The Hill's headline screams about Russian 'harsh criticism' of an alleged US attack on Venezuela, framing it as an outrageous geopolitical event, it conveniently sidesteps decades of undeniable US interventionism in Latin America. From orchestrating coups in Chile and Nicaragua to arming right-wing paramilitaries, the US playbook for 'regime change' is thicker than a phone book. Russia's
indignation, though hypocritical given its own actions, spotlights a pattern of US interference that mainstream media routinely sanitizes. One might wonder if the US State Department has a 'Do Not Recall' policy for Guatemala (1954), Cuba (Bay of Pigs, 1961), or Panama (1989). The 'rules-based international order' appears to be a flexible concept, applied vigorously when Russia infringes upon it,
yet conveniently ignored when the US dismantles a democratically elected government a few thousand miles south of Miami. The hypocrisy isn't just glaring; it's the foundation of a very lucrative foreign policy.