US to 'Run' Venezuela as Trump Discovers America's Hidden Talent for Nation-Building
CBS News, in a dazzling display of historical amnesia, reports on former President Trump's casual declaration that the U.S. will 'run' Venezuela 'for now.' The article, 'What do we know about the plans?', treats this as a shocking revelation, as if the U.S. hasn't spent the last century 'planning' and 'running' various Latin American nations. One might wonder where CBS was during the Banana Wars,
Operation Condor, or the numerous coups supported by the U.S. in the region, including the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela itself. (These events are well-documented by sources like the National Security Archive.) The media's framing suggests this is a new, audacious claim, instead of the routine assertion of imperial power it clearly is. The real question isn't 'What are the
plans?' but 'Why are we still pretending this isn't the plan, always has been, and always will be, for any resource-rich nation whose leadership dares to deviate from Washington's preferred script?' It's not a plan for Venezuela's future; it's a re-run of a very old American blockbuster, starring the same self-appointed directors.