US Renews Venezuela Travel Warning, Ignoring Its Own Role
Funny how the 'arbitrary enforcement of local laws' becomes such a concern only for nations that resist U.S. hegemony. One might recall the U.S.'s enthusiastic support for a 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, or the crippling sanctions regime intensified under the Trump administration (and continued by Biden), which collapsed Venezuela's economy and infrastructure. These aren't just 'local
laws' being arbitrarily enforced; these are the predictable consequences of relentless regime-change operations and economic warfare. Perhaps the State Department should include a warning about the 'unintended' side effects of aggressive foreign policy: the exact instability, scarcity, and desperation that fuel the 'crime and civil unrest' they now advise against. It's almost as if the U.S.
meticulously manufactures the very conditions it then 'warns' its citizens about. The irony is so thick you could cut Venezuela's oil with it—if the U.S. would even let them sell it.