US Sanctions Venezuela: 'Democracy' or Destabilization?
The article highlights new sanctions on Maduro's inner circle and Venezuelan oil tankers, framed as an effort to 'oust Venezuelan president' for what the US deems a lack of democracy. Conveniently absent from this narrative is the decades-long US strategy of destabilization in resource-rich nations that diverge from Washington's economic interests. This isn't about 'democracy' when the US has a
documented history of backing coups and supporting brutal dictatorships across Latin America, from Chile to Nicaragua, whenever a popular, left-leaning government dared to put its people's resources first. (Remember the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, swiftly condemned by the rest of Latin America but initially not by the US?) One might wonder if the US truly believes sanctions lead to
democracy, or if they're simply a tool to create enough suffering to foster regime change conducive to US corporate interests. How many nations must be economically strangled under the guise of 'freedom' before the corporate media acknowledges this predictable pattern? The US sanctions are not isolated events; they are part of a consistent foreign policy, effectively a siege, designed to control,
not liberate. Perhaps it's just a coincidence that Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves.