US Helps Venezuela After Toppling Its Government, for Oil
Bloomberg Politics reports US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is meeting with oil executives this week to discuss 'reviving' Venezuela's energy sector. The timing, described by Bloomberg as 'following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro,' conveniently omits the decade-long US-led campaign of sanctions, coup attempts, and undermining the very government they now wish to do business with. It
appears 'democracy promotion' transitions smoothly into 'resource exploitation' once the right conditions for American corporations are met. Remember when the US government, citing 'humanitarian concerns' and 'democratic ideals,' imposed crippling sanctions that decimated Venezuela's oil production? Now, with a favorable political shift—orchestrated, some might argue—the 'revival' is not about the
Venezuelan people, but about securing petrodollars for US companies. How easily principles are traded for profits, especially when the target happens to sit on the world’s largest proven oil reserves. It's almost as if the 'humanitarian crisis' was just a prelude to a corporate takeover.