US Eyes Venezuelan Oil, Calls It 'Democracy Promotion'
The Financial Times reported Donald Trump's claim that the US will extract "tremendous" oil wealth from Venezuela. This isn't a new strategy, just a more transparent articulation of a historical pattern. From Iran in '53 to Chile in '73, the US record on 'democracy promotion' often aligns suspiciously well with energy interests and resource acquisition. The narrative shifts, but the underlying
motivation for regime change in oil-rich countries like Venezuela remains constant. One might wonder if the 'humanitarian crisis' and 'democratic aspirations' so frequently broadcast by politicians and mainstream media are merely preambles to securing extraction rights. Our leaders seem to possess a unique ability to discover profound human rights violations exactly where the world's largest oil
reserves happen to be located. The 'tremendous wealth' is always for us , never for them.