US Sanctions Venezuela, Shocked Maduro Still There
CBS News reports the shocking revelation that most of Nicolás Maduro's inner circle remain in Venezuela, despite U.S. charges against them. The piece treats this as an ongoing anomaly, a defiance of natural order where American indictments should magically dissolve foreign governments. One wonders if CBS journalists have access to history books, or just State Department press releases. Of course,
the article doesn't mention the CIA's numerous failed attempts over decades to destabilize the Venezuelan government, beginning long before Maduro, or the inconvenient fact that U.S. sanctions demonstrably hurt the Venezuelan populace far more than they dislodge leadership. Perhaps Maduro's 'inner circle' is less worried about U.S. indictments than the prospect of a U.S.-backed coup—a pattern
well-established in Latin American history, from Chile to Nicaragua.