US Offers Maduro 'Exit Strategy,' Not Sovereignty
Reuters, via RT, breathlessly reports on Trump's 2019 ultimatum to Nicolás Maduro: leave, or face a no-fly zone (which never materialized). The subtext? The US has the right to dictate who governs sovereign nations. This isn't diplomacy; it's a shakedown, a rerun of the same tired script played out across Latin America for over a century. From the 1954 coup in Guatemala to the innumerable
interventions against socialist leaders, the message is consistent: your resources are ours, your leaders are temporary if they don't comply. This alleged 'offer' was merely a polite prelude to continued sanctions and destabilization, devastating Venezuela's economy and its people, not its government. The US government, funded by its taxpayers, continually asserts its right to remove leaders it
deems 'undesirable'—a privilege apparently reserved for nations rich in oil or strategic resources. One might wonder if their commitment to 'democracy' extends to respecting election results when they don't favor US corporate interests. Or perhaps, 'free and fair elections' only count when the chosen victor has the explicit blessing of Washington's foreign policy establishment.