Venezuela
represents everything that the U.S. opposes in the region: socialism,
anti-imperialism, economic independence via energy exports and a
viable ally for China, Russia, Iran and other countries that oppose
the hegemonic designs of Washington.
by
Eric Draitser
Part
1
The
corporate media continues to churn out endless stories detailing
repression, state violence and socioeconomic collapse in Venezuela.
Conspicuously absent from their stories, however, is the fact that
much of the turmoil in the Bolivarian Republic is a result of an
economic and psychological war being waged against the country by
right-wing elements inside Venezuela and their backers in the United
States.
Naturally,
this charge has been dismissed out of hand by the imperial
stenographers at the New York Times, Washington Post and The
Economist, who continue to insist that there’s nothing at all
nefarious going on in Venezuela aside from the “corrupt
dictatorship” led by President Nicolas Maduro. Of course, were
there real journalists covering Venezuela, they’d make note of the
fact that a campaign of economic and psychological war, targeted
assassinations, and corporate intrigue have helped plunge the country
into an existential crisis.
Rather
predictably, none of those factors are incorporated into a
well-rounded analysis of the situation in Venezuela; instead, it is
sensationalist headlines and narrowly defined issues that grab the
media spotlight. And perhaps no concept is more taboo within elite
media circles than the strategic imperatives of the U.S.-led system
of global political and economic hegemony that dominates the world.
No, for the yellow journalists employed by the likes of Newscorp,
Comcast and Amazon, Venezuela is just another wayward child in need
of a stern rebuke and hand-holding back to the path of the good
little oil colony.
Ultimately,
the empire’s beef with Venezuela is two-fold. First, it is a
country that has attempted to free itself of the architecture of
neo-colonial domination that the U.S. and other global powers use to
control the Global South. Secondly, Venezuela represents everything
that the U.S. opposes in the region: socialism, anti-imperialism,
economic independence via energy exports and a viable ally for China,
Russia, Iran and other countries that oppose the hegemonic designs of
Washington.
Regime
change is the ultimate objective in the destabilization of Venezuela,
a bringing to heel of the rogue state in order to serve Washington’s
global objectives. The U.S. thirsts for the reversal of the
Bolivarian Revolution and the legacy of the late Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez.
Source,
links:
http://www.mintpressnews.com/the-strategy-behind-washingtons-destabilization-of-venezuela/227967/
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