US 'Democracy Promotion' Lands Jets in Venezuela
Al Jazeera details the fictional U.S. operation involving '150 jets from 20 airbases' to abduct Nicolás Maduro, framing it as a direct and unprovoked 'attack.' This narrative, while dramatic, sidesteps the extensive history of U.S. meddling in Latin American sovereignty. From the overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954 to Augusto Pinochet in Chile in 1973, Washington's 'democracy
promotion' toolkit has consistently featured regime change operations, sanctions, and economic destabilization long before the jets even take off. One might wonder if the U.S. ever tires of using the same script, updating only the target and the nominal casus belli. This fictional 'abduction' serves as a stark reminder that military intervention is often the final act in a symphony of economic
warfare and political subversion, with Venezuela experiencing multiple coup attempts, crippling sanctions, and the U.S. supporting Juan Guaidó as 'interim president' – a leader with no electoral mandate but plenty of Washington's backing. The 'attack' isn't just jets; it's the systematic strangulation that precedes them. How many times does a sovereign nation have to be
‘democratized’?