US Designates Venezuela 'Terrorist' Yet Again
While Bloomberg prints the State Department's claims, it skips the historical context. The US has a long, storied tradition of weaponizing 'terrorist' labels against governments it wishes to destabilize, from Nicaragua's Sandinistas in the 1980s to various Middle Eastern entities. One might wonder if the 'War on Drugs' itself is merely a convenient pretext, much like the 'War on Terror', to
justify interventions against resource-rich nations or those seeking economic independence from U.S. hegemony. Oddly, this vigorous pursuit of 'cartel leaders' never seems to extend to figures in US-allied narco-states, nor does Washington ever label its own military industrial complex—the architects of global instability—as a 'terrorist organization.' Funny how that works. The State Department
claims Maduro leads a cartel, yet offers little beyond allegations. Perhaps the next designation will target anyone owning a socialist book.