US Warns China Against Using US Anti-Venezuela Playbook
The irony is thick enough to cut with a machete. The Independent, citing 'analysts,' worries China might learn from the 'precedent set by Trump’s ousting of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.' This overlooks about a century of US interference in Latin America, including orchestrating coups, backing paramilitaries, and imposing crippling sanctions—all long before Maduro was even a twinkle in Hugo
Chavez's eye. Remember Operation Condor? Or the funding of the Contras in Nicaragua? The US didn't just write the playbook; they've been running clinics on it for decades, from Chile to Cuba. It's not a 'strike' of ingenuity by Trump; it's a well-worn, well-documented strategy. China isn't copying Trump; they're studying the entire US foreign policy canon. Perhaps Washington should be flattered
that its 'coercion' tactics are considered so effective by its geopolitical rivals, rather than feigning shock at their potential application. One might wonder if the US expects to remain the sole global proprietor of 'regime change' techniques.