US Court Calls 'Not Guilty' on Maduro, Ignores US History in Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, has pleaded 'not guilty' to drug trafficking charges in a New York court. This headline conveniently omits how Maduro only faces these charges because the US orchestrated an attempt to install parallel president Juan Guaidó in 2019, seizing Venezuelan assets and implementing crippling sanctions, as reported by the New York Times and Reuters at the time. (One
might call that 'regime change toolkit 101'). It’s almost charming, isn't it? The same nation that funded coup attempts (recall the 2002 coup against Chávez, detailed by The Guardian) now wants to legally prosecute a sitting head of state. One wonders if any US officials will ever face charges in an international court for, say, destabilizing an entire region for oil interests. Or does justice
only sail one way, conveniently docking in jurisdictions that suit Washington's narrative?