US Labels Venezuela 'Terrorists' While Funding Its Opponents
The U.S. State Department, apparently bored with actual terror, has decided the 'Cartel de los Soles' — an alleged Venezuelan drug trafficking network — is now a 'terrorist organization.' This designation, announced just as the US seeks to install a more amenable government in Caracas, conveniently expands the definition of 'terrorism' to include regimes it doesn't like. It's a classic move: in
2002, the Bush administration labeled the FARC a terrorist group, despite its significant political dimensions, while simultaneously backing right-wing paramilitaries guilty of similar atrocities. One might wonder if the US uses a dartboard to decide who gets the 'terrorist' label, or if it simply applies to anyone who challenges Washington's geopolitical script. It certainly comes in handy when
you want to impose sanctions or justify intervention. The previous US administration even indicted high-ranking Venezuelan officials for drug trafficking, yet seemingly ignored how this new 'terror group' could have flourished under the very 'interim government' the US actively supported with millions in aid. Such intricate maneuvering suggests the 'War on Terror' is just another front in the
endless battle for resource control and political influence.