Nothing in Venezuela Is What It Seems |
There would apparently be a change of political regime, but there was only a handover of command with different mandates.
By Silvio Prado (Confidencial)
HAVANA TIMES – As the days pass since the US assault on Caracas to hunt down Maduro, some keys to what happened are becoming clear. The justification is not what it was, the background of the operation is not what has been publicized, nor will the results be what the long-suffering Venezuelan population — tormented by the chavista dictatorship — had long hoped for. Sad is the fate of Venezuela, which from the air looks like a kingdom of abundance and well-being, but on the ground deterioration and misery spread.
For a year Trump had been repeating that the problem with the Venezuelan regime was its leadership of drug trafficking, flooding poor and passive US consumers with drugs. Once, and in passing, he brought up his interest in Venezuelan oil and other natural resources. That was the narrative. Once the January 3rd strike was carried out and, emboldened by having the top prize in his hands, he brought out the true arguments.
Rarely has an imperial leader confessed his unmentionable purposes with such shamelessness. It was about oil, and in case it wasn’t clear he repeated it 20 times (or was it 27?). How many times did he mention the Cartel of the Suns, which he claimed was led by Maduro? Zero. How many times did he talk about restoring democracy and freeing political prisoners? Zero. The only times he talked politics was to massage his own ego, to underline that HE would be in charge of that country. It seemed he was........