US Courts to Decide on Maduro? A Familiar Imperial Script Unfolds.
📰 THE STORY: Newsweek speculates on hypothetical legal proceedings against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in US courts, implying his inevitable capture and extradition, and debating the appropriate legal mechanisms for prosecuting him for alleged crimes. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has a long and bloody history of interfering in Latin American democracies. In
2002, the US backed a failed coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, Maduro's predecessor, an intervention that saw a short-lived illegitimate government installed. In 2019, the Trump administration, with bipartisan support, formally recognized unelected opposition figure Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's 'interim president,' and slapped extensive sanctions on Venezuela, crippling its economy and directly
causing widespread suffering. This article is part of a recurring pattern of demonizing a targeted leader before attempting to remove them. Double Standard: The US pursues 'justice' for Maduro while consistently shielding its own officials and allies from international accountability. Henry Kissinger, architect of the 1973 CIA coup in Chile that installed Pinochet's brutal dictatorship and led to
thousands of disappearances, lived a free man for decades, never facing charges for his role in atrocities. Similarly, no US president or official has ever faced charges in US courts for the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and destabilized the entire region, based on false pretenses. Follow the Money: US sanctions on Venezuela, particularly those