"After months of Washington with the help of much of the US mainstream media manufacturing consent for a military intervention in Venezuela, last week American forces abducted the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and flew him to a prison in New York City. Now, the Trump administration is shifting the narrative away from the stated objective of striking a narco-state to the US taking control of Venezuela's massive oil reserves."
"After months of Washington with the help of much of the US mainstream media manufacturing consent for a military intervention in Venezuela, last week American forces abducted the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and flew him to a prison in New York City. Now, the Trump administration is shifting the narrative away from the stated objective of striking a narco-state to the US taking control of Venezuela's massive oil reserves. Contributors: Alejandro Velasco Associate Professor, NYU Alexander Main Director of International Policy, CEPR JM MonteBlack Venezuelan-American journalist Luis Valdez Jimenez Lawyer and Venezuelan- American activist"
US-backed media and political pressure created public consent for military intervention in Venezuela. American forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to a New York prison. The initial justification of targeting a narco-state has been downplayed. The current policy framing centers on securing control over Venezuela's substantial oil reserves. This shift reprioritizes resource acquisition over stated anti-narcotics objectives and reframes geopolitical aims toward energy dominance. Several analysts, policy experts, and Venezuelan-American contributors are associated with these assessments and commentary on the unfolding actions and their implications.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]