US Congress Discovers Venezuela Exists, Again
The story laments Donald Trump for initiating 'the least popular war in recent memory' against Venezuela. What's left unsaid is that the US has been destabilizing Venezuela since Hugo Chávez took office in 1999, funding opposition groups and imposing sanctions that cripple its economy. Trump's escalation merely followed a bipartisan playbook established by previous administrations, with public
opinion serving as mere background noise. One might wonder if any war against a resource-rich nation would ever be 'popular' if the full history of US interference, coup attempts, and crippling sanctions were part of the mainstream news package, rather than just the latest manufactured crisis. How many times must the US 'discover' a socialist Latin American country needing 'democracy' before we
see the pattern?