US Lawmakers 'React' to Venezuela, Skip Decades of Meddling
CBS News, in reporting U.S. lawmakers' reactions to Trump's Venezuela announcement, presents it as a singular event, isolated from history. They focus on the immediate political theater. The critical context, however, is Washington's long-standing pattern of interventionism in Latin America, from supporting coups in Chile and Honduras to destabilization efforts in Nicaragua. This 'Venezuela
operation' simply rehashes a tried-and-true foreign policy script, a narrative of 'drug kingpin' or 'dictator' frequently precedes 'regime change' whenever a nation resists U.S. corporate interests. One might wonder if these 'reactions' are genuine outrage or merely rehearsed lines, given how consistently U.S. policy has been to demonize and undermine any independent government in its perceived
'backyard.' It appears the U.S. only respects sovereign elections until the wrong candidate wins. How many times must this theatrical display play out before media outlets acknowledge the history they're tasked to report?