US Could 'Run' Venezuela for Years, Trump Suggests. Sound Familiar?
Donald Trump musing about the US 'running' Venezuela for 'years' echoes a long and troubling history of overt and covert American interventions in Latin America. While the article notes a Venezuelan minister's claim of a US operation killing 100 people, the broader context of regime change efforts, sanctions, and economic warfare waged against sovereign nations—from Chile in '73 to Nicaragua in
the '80s and now Venezuela—is left largely untouched. One might wonder if 'running' translates to 'managing' resource extraction and suppressing dissent? This isn't about 'democracy promotion'; it's about control. When the US government uses phrases like 'running' another country, it's a euphemism for geopolitical dominance and ensuring favorable economic outcomes for American corporations. The
State Department, unelected officials, and think tanks often lay the groundwork for these interventions, framing them as humanitarian or democratic, but the consistent thread is resource control and political alignment. (Perhaps 'manifest destiny' just got a facelift.)