US Warns of Venezuela 'Security Risk,' Boosts Military Presence
The story breaks: airlines are canceling flights to Venezuela, citing US regulator warnings about 'security risks' in Venezuelan airspace. This comes just as the US expands its military presence in the region, a move quietly framed as 'deterrence.' One might recall the long history of US 'deterrence' and 'security operations' in Latin America, from coups in Chile to interventions in Nicaragua,
always preceded by a conveniently timed 'threat' or crisis. In 2002, a short-lived coup attempt against Hugo Chávez was supported indirectly by the US government, as detailed in documents released by the National Security Archive, showing prior meetings with coup plotters. Now, for the 46th time, it appears Washington is deeply concerned about 'democracy' and 'stability' in a resource-rich nation
without ever quite connecting their own role in its instability. So, airlines are pulled, conveniently isolating the target, while the Pentagon flexes its muscle. It's almost as if the 'security risk' isn't an organic phenomenon but a carefully cultivated pre-text, a geopolitical stage prop for the next round of 'freedom-loving' policy decisions. How many times have we seen this same script, down
to the last warning about 'unstable regimes' and the sudden urge to protect regional 'interests'?