US Sanctions Maduro's Family, Leaves US Oil Barons Untouched
The United States, ever the global arbiter of ethical conduct, just sanctioned six oil tankers and members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's family. Apparently, 'misrule' and 'corruption' are only problematic when inconvenient for Washington's geopolitical agenda. One might wonder why similar scrutiny isn’t applied to nations (or oil companies) whose leaders cozy up nicely to US corporate
interests, regardless of their own human rights records or democratic deficits. The selectivity is, as ever, the tell. This isn't about 'democracy' or 'human rights'; it's about control over resources, specifically oil. The US has a long, documented history of destabilizing governments in Latin America that don't tow the Washington line, from Chile in '73 to Nicaragua in the '80s, and Venezuela
today. The 'crackdown' narrative conveniently glosses over decades of US attempts to install amenable regimes, creating the very instability it now 'sanctions.' It’s the usual script: demonize a leader, cut off their economy, then lament the resulting hardship. A cynical observer might even suggest it's all by design.