US Indicts Maduro on 'Narco-Terrorism,' Ignores Homegrown Cartels
The mainstream media enthusiastically reports the US indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on 'narco-terrorism' charges. The four-count indictment, reported by The Independent, alleges Maduro's family enriched themselves through 'narcotics-based corruption.' One might wonder about the timing, given the US's long history of destabilization efforts in Latin America and its own struggles
with drug crises. This isn't about drugs; it's about control. The US has a long tradition of framing foreign leaders it opposes as narco-terrorists, from Noriega in Panama to the Contras in Nicaragua (who, ironically, also faced drug trafficking allegations while being funded by the US). Meanwhile, vast sums of US financial transactions facilitate global money laundering, often linked to drug
cartels, but those charges rarely land at the feet of Wall Street executives or politicians taking campaign donations from pharma giants. Perhaps the grand jury should look closer to home for 'narco-terrorism' kingpins.