Venezuela — the next war front |
Ex-Noble Peace Prize-aspirant President Donald Trump has recently been busy igniting a new direct war across the Caribbean, with Venezuela. The Caribbean has been flooded with 10,000 US troops, F-35 jets, warships and special forces. From 2nd September till now, the US has killed 87 people in 22 strikes on more than 18 Venezuelan boats.
Covering real intent of the US, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Maduro is backing the TDA (Tren de Aragua), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, "responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere".
This is not the first time Venezuela has been attacked. The US has been viciously against the country since Hugo Chavez started the Pink Tide, a movement to unite South American states against imperialist US formulas in the continent. Since the passing of Chavez, the US is constantly on the mission to oust his successor Maduro, and to bring South America back into the Washington Consensus. In the 2019 Venezuelan elections, the US denounced Maduro's victory and in his place recognised Juan Guaidó, a newcomer, as the interim president of the country. This was a clear interference in the democratic process of Venezuela — the people decide their president not a hegemonic neighbour!
Ironically, at that time, at the behest of the US, several European allies also recognised Guaidó's presidency. At the same time, there have also been........