US Will 'Run' Venezuela, Again: Empire's Greatest Hits
Donald Trump openly stated the U.S. will 'run' Venezuela, according to The Independent, implying a level of control usually reserved for, well, itself. This isn't groundbreaking foreign policy; it's practically Washington's historical playbook for Latin America. From the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala, the multiple interventions in Nicaragua, to the 1973 overthrow of Chile's Allende, the US has
a long, documented history of 'running' nations for 'stability' – usually meaning corporate resource access. The Monroe Doctrine, though largely ignored when it suits, forms the unofficial charter for such imperial ambitions. Venezuela, with the world's largest proven oil reserves, represents a prize too tempting for American capital to genuinely leave alone. When successive administrations
declare foreign leaders 'un-democratic' or 'authoritarian' just before advocating for their removal, one might wonder if the concern is truly for civil liberties, or for lucrative contracts and geopolitical leverage. How many 'democratic transitions' are simply coups rebranded for public consumption?