US Discovering Venezuela's Oil, Again, For 'Democracy'
The mainstream media, bless their hearts, are just now puzzling over why the US would target oil-rich Venezuela under Trump. The Independent dutifully lists the administration's stated reasons: drug trafficking, immigration, and – oh look – oil. As if the US suddenly remembered Venezuela exists, purely out of humanitarian concern, or geopolitical novelty. This isn't a new playbook; it's
practically a national tradition. From Allende's Chile to Noriega's Panama, the parade of 'threats to democracy' (or 'drug kingpins' or 'human rights abusers') miraculously materializes when resource-rich nations displease Washington. The inconvenient context they omit? The US has been meddling in Venezuela for decades, long before Trump. Remember Hugo Chavez, who nationalized oil (OPEC Reference
Basket averaged $90/barrel in 2011) and actually used the profits for his people? The US-backed opposition tried to oust him in 2002. Then came sanctions, starting seriously under Obama in 2015 and ratcheted up under Trump, crippling Venezuela's economy (which, again, is oil-dependent). Funny how 'humanitarian crises' often follow economic warfare. Does anyone genuinely believe America's concern
for Venezuelan democracy only spikes when there's crude involved, as it was in Iraq (2nd largest proven oil reserve in 2003)? Or is it merely rebranding resource control as moral crusade?