US Military Command 'Pressuring' Maduro from Miami
The article, dated August 2018, positions SOUTHCOM as a neutral observer 'pressuring' an embattled regime. What it omits is that this 'pressure' is a continuation of over 120 documented instances of U.S. intervention in Latin America since the 1890s, including orchestrating coups, backing dictators, and imposing crippling sanctions. General John Kelly, former SOUTHCOM commander, openly stated in
2015 that the region's problems were 'our business', a sentiment echoed by the Monroe Doctrine's century-plus legacy of treating sovereign nations as Washington's backyard. One might wonder if 'pressure' is the euphemism for 'regime change operations' when Newsweek's curiosity omits historical context. How many more 'democratic transitions' (read: coups) are required before these commands are seen
for what they are: instruments of imperial influence, not benign neighborhood watch?