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In “Reimposing ‘Democracy’ in Venezuela: Decoding Western Propaganda,” analyst Andi Olluri challenges the dominant narrative pushed by mainstream media and U.S. policymakers. The essay argues that accusations against Venezuela — from alleged “narco‑terrorism” to claims of repression — are being used to justify unprovoked pressure and potential military action, while obscuring the economic and geopolitical interests at play, especially regarding oil and foreign investment. Rather than a genuine push for democratic rights, the author frames this as propaganda serving power and profit.
Olluri writes about the hypocrisy of the Trump administration, highlighting how it essentially bribed Honduran voters to restore the narcotrafficking-linked government by demanding they vote for Tito Asfura, a colleague of the pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, while threatening to withhold U.S. aid if they didn’t, and how the same strategy was applied in Argentina’s October 2025 midterms, where voters were reportedly pressured to back President Javier Milei’s party through the threat of blocking a $20 billion bailout.
“The euphoria liberals display at this show of sadism is quite revealing. For example, Rebecca Heinrichs pointed out that Cuba could fall if Venezuela is sufficiently squeezed. ”If you pressure” Venezuela “so much” and eliminate “80 to 85% of the revenue” through the illegal naval blockade imposed on them, then ”you are immediately going to have further crises” for the civilian population, and ”they are going to feel that pressure even more, and they will blame Maduro” – Cuba-style, in other words.
James Story, former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela and one of the key architects of the illegal regime change operations against Venezuela in recent years, wrote an op-ed repeating all the standard propaganda charges. Story gloated that the recent oil blockade on Venezuelan exports “is a more effective and acceptable way” of overthrowing the government, since “squeezing this revenue stream would” starve the population sufficiently so as to “recognize that life without him [Maduro] in power is preferable to him remaining”.
Read full article here: venezuelanalysis.com
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