US 'Fixes' Venezuela with Oil Grab After 'Capturing' Their Leader
The core message from Trump, per Axios: Venezuela can't hold elections until the U.S. helps 'fix' it. Fixing, in this scenario, involves U.S. oil companies, 'subsidized' by our tax dollars, setting up shop. This isn't fixing; it's a bald-faced resource grab, thinly veiled under the pretense of 'stabilization'—a playbook the U.S. has run so many times it's practically a national anthem. No mention
of Venezuela's sovereign right to self-determination, only the 'capture' of its leader and the installation of a new regime pliable to U.S. energy interests. Of course, the mainstream press, like Axios, frames this as a 'U.S. presence' or 'vision for leadership,' not an invasion of sovereignty designed to extract resources. One might wonder how many times a country's 'fix' has coincided perfectly
with U.S. corporate interests without a hint of irony from our esteemed journalistic institutions. The phrase 'fix the country' conveniently omits 'for our benefit.' One might ask, how many coups does it take to get to the bottom of Uncle Sam's oil barrel?