US Discovering 'So-Called' Leaders When It's Convenient Again
Newsweek reports that the US is now diminishing the legitimacy of Venezuela's 'so-called acting president' in recent court filings. This is particularly rich, given that the US spent years actively installing and backing Juan Guaidó—a man who never actually controlled Venezuela—as the legitimate leader, while simultaneously choking the Venezuelan economy with sanctions. It's almost as if
Washington's definition of 'legitimate' leader shifts faster than a chameleon on a plaid blanket, entirely dependent on whether said leader serves US corporate interests or buys weapons from its allies. The historical playbook here is well-worn: identify a resource-rich nation, sanction it into oblivion, declare its democratically elected leader illegitimate, and then install a puppet. We've seen
this script repeatedly, from Chile in '73 to Iraq in '03, and now, apparently, the US decides its previous 'king-making' was just a bit of lighthearted fiction. How many destabilized nations does it take for Washington to realize its 'democracy promotion' looks an awful lot like resource extraction?