US 'Greatness' Defined by Decades of Venezuela Regime Change
When The Hill spotlights Trump's Venezuela 'raid' as the death knell for American greatness, it raises a rather pertinent question: which 'greatness' are we talking about? The 'greatness' that saw the US back 68 regime change attempts in Latin America between 1946-1990 alone, or the 'greatness' that toppled democratically elected leaders from Guatemala to Chile? It seems the only thing 'ending' is
a journalist's memory of history before 2016. Instead of a sudden stumble, Trump merely recycled well-worn tactics—from sanctions to funding opposition—that have been staples of US foreign policy in Latin America since at least the overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954 (documented by Stephen Kinzer's 'Bitter Fruit'). One might wonder if 'American greatness' was ever truly measured by
respecting national sovereignty, or merely by a public relations department's ability to call it something else.