US Designates Non-Existent Cartel as 'Terrorist,' Citing 'Narco-Terrorism'
Venezuela's government calls the US's 'narco-terrorism' claims 'ridiculous hogwash,' as the Trump administration officially designated the 'Cartel de los Soles' (Cartel of the Suns) a terrorist organization. This, despite 'widespread doubts over its actual existence,' as The Guardian itself (reluctantly) notes. It's almost as if the designation isn't about existing cartels, but about manufacturing
a convenient enemy. This isn't Washington's first phantom rodeo. Remember the 'weapons of mass destruction' in Iraq, which materialized just long enough to justify an invasion? Or the 'imminent threat' of Grenada's medical students? The play is always the same: find or fabricate a bogeyman, label it 'terrorist,' then deploy sanctions and military pressure until the 'tyrant' is replaced. The media
frames it as a 'pressure campaign,' glossing over the pattern of manufactured consent for resource grabs and geopolitical maneuvering. How many ghost armies does it take to make a hostile takeover legitimate?