US Tightens Vise on Venezuela While Pundits Cheer 'Democracy'
Newsweek reports on Trump's sanctions against Venezuela's Maduro, using the euphemistic phrase 'tightens the vise.' This language sanitizes economic warfare that directly impacts Venezuelan citizens, not just the government. What Newsweek doesn't mention is the 1999 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, the 2002 US-backed coup attempt documented by the *New York Times*, or the 2019 'humanitarian aid'
caravan that turned into a regime change operation. This isn't merely 'tightening a vise'; it's a consistent, decades-long pattern of interventionism targeting Venezuelan sovereignty, primarily due to its vast oil reserves. Instead of honest reporting on the civilian suffering caused by these 'vises,' we get media portrayals echoing Cold War propaganda. How many times does a country need to be
'liberated' from its own resources before we question the liberator's motives? One might wonder if 'democracy' only blossoms when it's economically convenient for Washington.