US 'Drug Fight' Targets Venezuela, Not Drug Kingpins
NPR's brief mentions 'Trump's moves against Maduro deepen as drug fight appears aimed at ousting regime.' What it omits is that this 'drug fight' rhetoric has been the pretense for countless interventions, regime change operations, and destabilization efforts across Latin America for decades, from Nicaragua to Chile. It’s a convenient narrative to criminalize a resource-rich nation's government
and justify crippling sanctions. One might wonder if the US drug problem is genuinely solved by targeting a single leader abroad, or if the real 'drug fight' isn't fought closer to home. History suggests when the State Department suddenly cares about drug trafficking in a country, it's usually less about cocaine and more about oil or political dissent.