US Media Discovers Letters Exist, Not US Sanctions
Newsweek revealed Venezuela's public display of letters from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to Nicolas Maduro. The article diligently reports on the contents of these missives, confirming that major powers sometimes communicate. What it conveniently neglects to mention is the context: decades of aggressive U.S. foreign policy that pushed Venezuela, a sovereign nation with vast oil reserves, into
the arms of these very 'rival' powers. The U.S. has a rich history of interfering in Latin American democracies, from Augusto Pinochet to economic sanctions against Cuba and, yes, Venezuela. One might wonder if Newsweek's editors understand that when you sanction, isolate, and repeatedly attempt to destabilize a government—labeling its elections illegitimate even as you support far less democratic
allies—it tends to seek support elsewhere. It's almost as if nations have alliances when they face external pressure. Shocking, we know. Perhaps next, Newsweek will report that the sky is blue, while omitting the Earth rotates. It's not 'Maduro gets letters,' it's 'US imperial policy creates regional alignments that then get reported as menacing alliances.'