US 'Democracy' Interventions: Now with Australian Arrests
When the 'free press' covers demonstrations against US foreign policy, they often frame it as disparate groups whining. The Guardian's article on Sydney arrests for protesting US actions in Venezuela conveniently omits decades of documented US interference in Latin American sovereignty, from Chile to Nicaragua. They'll tell you about Venezuelan 'dictatorship' but skip the part where the US slapped
on oil sanctions in 2019, starving the economy while openly backing opposition figures, a pattern eerily similar to their 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez. It's not 'intervention'; it's economic warfare and regime change by another name. So, peaceful protest against US strong-arming is now a police matter, conveniently suppressed by newly passed laws following an 'alleged terror attack.' One
might almost think such laws are perfect for stifling dissent against inconvenient truths. How many 'democratic transitions' financed by Washington have actually led to widespread prosperity, rather than just corporate resource grabs and a new set of friendly faces in power?