The Trump administration has made attacks to Caracus Venezuela and, reportedly, has captured the President Madulo and his wife to be taken away out of the country. Trump's claim is to eradicate the drug trafficking in and from Venezuela to the US. Its legitimacy is highly questionable from the standpoint of the Charter of the United Nations. No one could overthrow any regime in a sovereign nation with military power whatever the regime might be. It is the same invasion which Putin has made in Ukraine.
It is highly suspected the Trump administration aims at the oil concession in Venezuela which has been nationalized by Maduro. If the Trump administration intends to let Machado, a neoliberalism politician against Maduro, take over the power, it reminds us of Pinocheto in Chile in "70s". Trump has ordered air bombing against ISIS in Nigeria recently. Both Venezuela and NIgeria are countries of massive oil production.
Being asked about the New Year's resolution, Trump used to answer "Peace. Peace on Earth". It sounds too vain and meaningless. The US would lose credit in the intenational society if the people would approve this "operation" by the Trump administration.
PS; Trump said they would "administer" Venezuela until the next regime starts. It would cause a big mess in the country and cost the US so much. This "operation", not war as he claimed, has been against the Charter of the UN told above but also against the US constitution since it is clearly a war to the other sovereign nation. It would be an example of exoneration for the other authoritarian leaders to invade their neighbor countries for their interests.
Reminds me of the US overthrow of Mosadegh the Iranian president, after he nationalised the oil industry in 1951. The US funded a coup and placed the Shah on the Peacock Throne. The Shah and his cronies made billions, as did the US oil companies. Ordinary Iranians got nothing.
ReplyDeleteThe imperialism is coming back, isn't it? Capitalism always need frontier to be exploited or they would be perished. Now such as Venezuela at present or since Chavez days or Iran in the era of Shah are or were eploited by the greedy capitalists. I am afraid the US would lose its credit in the international world for a long time and there could be turmpoil or even war, local or world wide, developing soon. The capitalism would exploit the people for further interests. I am sad to see some people still approve this crazy old guy. HNY to you and yours all, John.
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