US Sanctions Venezuela: 'Freedom' for Oil, Not People
The article cheers as US sanctions target Venezuelan oil, proudly noting the 'seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker.' This is presented as hitting Maduro's 'regime's weak spot.' What's consistently omitted from such narratives is the decades-long US obsession with Venezuelan oil and its consistent interference in the nation's sovereignty, long before Maduro. From supporting coup attempts against Hugo
Chavez in 2002 (as documented by the Guardian ) to the current 'pressure campaign,' the playbook remains disturbingly familiar: destabilize, then 'liberate' resources. One might wonder if the US actually cares about the Venezuelan people, or merely the strategic control of one of the world's largest proven oil reserves. The 'courage' to enforce sanctions that demonstrably hurt ordinary citizens,
leading to humanitarian crises according to reports from CEPR, while claiming to champion 'democracy,' requires a special kind of media spin. It appears 'freedom' in Washington often rhymes with 'oil fields.'