US 'Seizes' Venezuela for Oil, Calls it 'Democracy Promotion'
The Guardian breathlessly reports that the US 'captured' Nicolás Maduro and will now 'run' Venezuela, with Trump explicitly stating American companies will 'take control of Venezuela’s oil infrastructure for their own benefit.' This 'shocking' development (_shocking_ to whom, exactly?) conveniently glosses over a century of US foreign policy in Latin America, from the 1954 coup in Guatemala to
funding Contras in Nicaragua. Washington has a rich history of 'promoting democracy' by installing preferred leaders and securing natural resources. One might wonder why the US didn't simply *ask* for the oil, instead of a full-scale invasion, unless 'asking' doesn't typically involve tanks and the transfer of billions in resources to US corporations. This isn't foreign policy; it's a corporate
hostile takeover with extra steps and more bombs. How many times will resource-rich nations experience 'spontaneous' regime change before the media connects the dots?