US Empire Discovers Venezuelan Oil is Suddenly 'Freedom' Oil
Bloomberg Politics' video, 'The Trump Administration’s Case for Venezuela’s Oil,' presents the geopolitical maneuverings as a pragmatic economic strategy to 'get Venezuela pumping at capacity.' What's conveniently omitted from this analysis is the long, documented history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, consistently coinciding with resource interests. From the overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in
Guatemala for United Fruit Company in 1954 to Chilean coups, 'stability' in resource-rich nations has always been a euphemism for access. The U.S. has a pattern of demonizing leaders who nationalize resources (like Chávez did with oil) and then, when the time is 'right,' advocating for their 'return to market.' One might wonder how many 'democracy deficits' conveniently appear in countries with
vast untapped oil reserves, only to be miraculously cured once U.S. corporations secure their contracts. It's a miracle of foreign policy, really.