The Thing About Venezuela
Estimated Prophet sums it up pretty well, going over the US-backed 2002 coup attempt, the oil, and continued US media efforts to discredit Chavez. He ends with a quote from Woodrow Wilson which pretty succinctly summarizes the American approach to the world:
Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.
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