US Confirms Covert Venezuela Ops: History Rhymes, Poorly
CBS News dutifully reported Trump's 'confirmation' of CIA covert operations targeting Venezuela, as if this were a novel revelation rather than a standard procedure for a presidential administration. The report notes a journalist asking Trump 'why' he authorized it, but conspicuously omits any hint of the CIA's extensive, often disastrous, century-plus history of meddling in Latin American
democracies – from Chile to Guatemala, Cuba to Nicaragua. The network, of course, presented it as a matter of foreign policy, not a repeat of US-backed destabilization. One might wonder if the network's analysts considered the long-term 'benefits' of these interventions. History suggests the answer is rarely 'democracy for the people,' and often 'chaos, resentment, and a convenient pretext for
further intervention' – a cycle the mainstream media seems perpetually surprised by every few decades. How many times can the US 'confirm' covert ops before we acknowledge the blueprint?