From Iraq to Venezuela: How Great Powers Weaponize Democracy
Venezuela Beyond Just the Fall Stories The crisis in Venezuela is no longer merely a tragedy of internal misrule. It has become an indictment of American power exercised without restraint. By December 2025, the United States had moved beyond sanctions and diplomacy into open military coercion launching naval strikes, enforcing a de facto blockade, and killing over a hundred people under the guise of an “anti-narcotics campaign.” This escalation was not compelled by imminent threat, nor...