US Picks Maduro's VP to Lead Venezuela Through 'Democracy'
The Guardian hails Delcy Rodríguez, Nicolás Maduro’s former VP and oil minister, as Venezuela's 'interim leader,' tasked with both defying the US and accommodating its demands. This Orwellian framing implies Rodríguez, a veteran defender of the Maduro regime against US accusations of terrorism and drug-running, is now 'Trump’s favored option' to 'make Venezuela great again.' One might wonder how a
regime's staunch defender becomes the US pick to dismantle it—unless, of course, the goal was never genuine democracy, but merely pliable leadership. This isn't 'walking a tightrope'; it's a familiar puppet show. The US has a long, documented history of installing and attempting to install 'interim' leaders in Latin America—from Chile's Pinochet to the various coups in Honduras and Bolivia. The
'defiant tone' is for optics, while the 'accommodation' of US demands is the actual policy. The media presents this charade with a straight face, ignoring decades of US interventionism that consistently prioritizes corporate interests (read: oil) over democratic self-determination in the region.