US Seizes Venezuelan Oil, Calls It 'Freedom' and Not Piracy
The mainstream media, epitomized by The Hill , frames the US seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker as a justifiable act of 'pressure' against the Maduro regime. There's no mention of how the US, under Bush, Obama, and Trump, actively destabilized Venezuela, imposing sanctions that crippled its economy and directly contributed to the humanitarian crisis. This isn't about democracy; it's about control
over the world's largest proven oil reserves. The US has a long history of regime change operations in Latin America, from Chile's Salvador Allende in 1973 to funding contra wars in Nicaragua, often justifying it with vague 'national security' concerns or 'promoting democracy.' (A democracy, apparently, that only materializes when it benefits US corporate interests.) So, when The Hill presents
this as Trump 'upping the ante,' one might wonder if they'd apply the same framing if another nation seized a US-bound vessel for defying its sanctions. Perhaps 'piracy' would be a more accurate, albeit less palatable, headline for their audience.