US Deploys Aircraft to Puerto Rico for 'Venezuela Campaign,' Again
Newsweek informs us that the United States is deploying special operations aircraft to Puerto Rico for a 'Venezuela campaign.' One might recall similar 'campaigns' in Guatemala (1954), Chile (1973), or Iraq (2003) – always framed as 'liberation' or 'democracy promotion,' rarely mentioning the corporate interests at play. This isn't about helping Venezuelans; it's about controlling oil and
challenging any government that dares to defy Washington's hegemony in its 'backyard.' The historical receipts are piled high, yet somehow, each new intervention is treated as an isolated incident. The irony is not lost on those who remember the US's long history of destabilization in Latin America, where 'special operations' often precede economic sanctions and, eventually, a manufactured crisis.
How many times must this playbook be run before mainstream media connects the dots between 'campaigns' and the blood and resource extraction that inevitably follows? Or is it simply easier to ignore decades of interventionist policy when reporting on the latest 'threat' to US interests—masquerading as democracy?