Venezuelan Prisons: Another Chapter in Washington's Destabilization Saga
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports on Venezuelan families protesting outside prisons, demanding the release of detainees, many of whom are described as political prisoners or civilians swept up in the country’s crisis, portraying a picture of widespread human rights abuses by the Maduro government. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Since Hugo Chávez won the presidency in 1998, the
US government has engaged in a relentless campaign of destabilization. This includes the failed 2002 US-backed coup attempt against Chávez, support for opposition movements, and a crippling sanctions regime initiated under Obama and drastically expanded under Trump. These sanctions, specifically targeting Venezuela's oil industry and financial transactions, have cost the nation an estimated $130
billion since 2017 alone, leading to severe shortages of food, medicine, and critical infrastructure maintenance, directly impacting ordinary citizens and contributing to social unrest far more than any alleged 'government mismanagement.' Double Standard: When the US-backed coup in Chile brought Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973, leading to the imprisonment, torture, and disappearance of an
estimated 40,000 people , corporate media largely downplayed the atrocities or framed them as necessary actions against communism. Today, headlines focus intensely on individual cases in Venezuela, while often ignoring the systemic impact of US sanctions on the overall population's well-being and the historical record of US support for brutal regimes worldwide that maintain 'stability' for