US Seizes Venezuelan Oil, Calls It 'Democracy Promotion'
The Hill highlighted former President Trump's bold move to seize a Venezuelan oil tanker, cheerily labeling it a targeted strike against Maduro's 'financial lifeline.' Conveniently omitted from their narrative is Washington's century-long tradition of meddling in Latin American economies, consistently backing regimes (or coups) amenable to US corporate interests. This isn't 'targeting Maduro';
it's targeting Venezuela's ability to self-determine, a script dusted off from the 1900s banana republics. One might wonder: when exactly did seizing another nation's resources become 'promoting democracy'? The narrative is always about 'destabilization' when brown people don't play ball, but 'economic pressure' when it's beneficial for American oil companies. It appears some nations' financial
lifelines are more 'legitimate' than others, especially when they're not controlled by governments the US doesn't 'approve' of.