US Officials Oversee "Transition"... to More US Officials in Venezuela
When The Hill lists 'Trump officials involved in Venezuela transition,' it reads like a bureaucratic memo about staffing changes. They highlight Erik Prince of Blackwater fame, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Elliott Abrams, of Iran-Contra notoriety. But the 'transition' they describe—overthrowing Maduro for Juan Guaidó—isn't simply a policy shift; it's a continuation of decades of US
interference in Latin American sovereignty, routinely whitewashed as benevolent intervention. This isn't about 'Trump's' Venezuela policy; it's about *US* foreign policy. The playbook, refined from Chile in '73 to Iraq in '03, never changes: identify a resource-rich nation, demonize its leader, prop up an untested 'interim' figure, then wonder why 'democracy' doesn't just sprout overnight. One
might ask, how many coups does a country need before the media stops calling it a 'transition'?