US 'Democracy Promotion' Lands in Venezuela, Again
RT's report on the aftermath of a 'US raid' in Venezuela (referencing the 2020 'Operation Gideon' mercenary incursion) is framed, perhaps accurately, as a failed intervention. But what the broader media constantly omits is the decades-long, bipartisan US policy of attempting regime change in resource-rich nations that dare to pursue independent economic policies. From the 2002 attempted coup
against Hugo Chávez (which the Bush administration allegedly knew about) to 2019's self-proclaimed 'interim president' Juan Guaidó, US 'democracy promotion' in Venezuela has consistently involved funding opposition, imposing crippling sanctions, and, yes, even backing botched military ventures. Remember when the US seized Venezuelan state oil company Citgo, effectively starving the populace, then
feigned concern over 'humanitarian crisis'? It appears the definition of 'raid' depends entirely on who's conducting it and against whom. One might wonder why similar 'military interventions' or 'economic warfare' against, say, Saudi Arabia for its human rights record never quite materialize. Perhaps because Saudi Arabia isn't sitting on the world's largest proven oil reserves while refusing to do
Wall Street's bidding. Or perhaps, because they write bigger checks to Washington lobbyists than Caracas ever could.