Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: "We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back".
“Make the economy scream”, CIA Director Helms was told.". An Imperialist euphemism for making the masses of workers and poor people of Latin America scream.
Trump's NSS is pretty clear on enforcing a neo Monroe Doctrine in this hemisphere as it has become obvious it cannot topple its competitors in China/Russia. I support the victims of Imperialism in Venezuela as I do in Russia and China. But, this situation is much more dangerous as Imperialism may actually still have the ability to achieve its goals against an impoverished and weak Venezuela.
"Every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government."
- Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1960
It’s a gangster. It has been called a gangster state, for just such reasons. And other countries are afraid of what the United States can do, not only under Trump, but what it has been doing for the last 50 years. It is simply confiscating, and destabilizing, and overthrowing.
The US has basically declared war against any attempt to create an international trade and investment system that the United States does not control, in its own self-interest, wanting all of the earnings from it, all of the revenue from it, not just part of it. It’s a greedy empire.
The sad thing about US foreign policy is that the people who run things (without ther eal consent of the American public) is that they never seem to learn from their failures. Under what sort of logic does Trump assume American sovereignty over another countries property? The illogic of it is self-evident. It should be noted that Rex Tillerson went on to describe Trump as "A Fucking Moron."
This is not specific to Trump. As the article points out, the Obama administration took part in the attempt to destabilize Venezuela's government. In fact, all US administrations since Eisenhower (with the coup in Guatemala in 1954) have pursued colonialist policies in Latin America. Read William Blum's _Killing Hope_ and Eduardo Galeano's _Open Veins of Latin America_. Both are available on the Internet Archive.
Naught but the desperate gambit of buccaneers.
“Make the economy scream”, CIA Director Helms was told.". An Imperialist euphemism for making the masses of workers and poor people of Latin America scream.
Trump's NSS is pretty clear on enforcing a neo Monroe Doctrine in this hemisphere as it has become obvious it cannot topple its competitors in China/Russia. I support the victims of Imperialism in Venezuela as I do in Russia and China. But, this situation is much more dangerous as Imperialism may actually still have the ability to achieve its goals against an impoverished and weak Venezuela.
"Every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government."
- Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1960
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https://dwkcommentaries.com/2023/04/21/state-department-secret-memo-from-1960-set-basis-for-subsequent-u-s-policies-regarding-cuba/
It’s a gangster. It has been called a gangster state, for just such reasons. And other countries are afraid of what the United States can do, not only under Trump, but what it has been doing for the last 50 years. It is simply confiscating, and destabilizing, and overthrowing.
The US has basically declared war against any attempt to create an international trade and investment system that the United States does not control, in its own self-interest, wanting all of the earnings from it, all of the revenue from it, not just part of it. It’s a greedy empire.
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MIGA - Make Imperialism Great Again!
youtube.com/watch?v=H_1WIksJJ8Q
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Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0:
youtube.com/watch?v=UAM_HzRAx4Y
The sole purpose of the military is to kill and support killing.
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/beginningrecruitment-middlekilling
The sad thing about US foreign policy is that the people who run things (without ther eal consent of the American public) is that they never seem to learn from their failures. Under what sort of logic does Trump assume American sovereignty over another countries property? The illogic of it is self-evident. It should be noted that Rex Tillerson went on to describe Trump as "A Fucking Moron."
Trump corruption- too big to fail.
This is not specific to Trump. As the article points out, the Obama administration took part in the attempt to destabilize Venezuela's government. In fact, all US administrations since Eisenhower (with the coup in Guatemala in 1954) have pursued colonialist policies in Latin America. Read William Blum's _Killing Hope_ and Eduardo Galeano's _Open Veins of Latin America_. Both are available on the Internet Archive.
Also regime change in Iran in 1954.