US Warns Citizens From Venezuela While Funding Coups There
Fox News is sounding the alarm: 'Americans in Venezuela warned to leave immediately as armed militias reportedly set up roadblocks searching for U.S. citizens.' (Fox News) What they conveniently forget to contextualize is the U.S.'s long and storied interference in Venezuelan politics, including coup attempts in 2002 against Hugo Chavez and continued sanctions designed to destabilize the Maduro
government. One might wonder if the 'instability' isn't just an organic phenomenon but a direct consequence of decades of covert operations and economic warfare. When a superpower relentlessly works to undermine a sovereign nation's government, isolating it economically and hyping up opposition figures, it's not a stretch to imagine that the nation in question might develop a certain... unease
towards citizens of that superpower. Is it truly a 'warning' when you're simply reaping the whirlwind you've sown?