Latin America is not a pawn without its will

Latin America is not a pawn without its will What has happened in Venezuela goes beyond the realm of internal political dispute and enters, quite explicitly, the territory of raw imperialism, undisguised, shameless and without any real commitment to democracy. Donald Trump’s speech, in which he announced that the United States would “govern” Venezuela and take control of its oil, laid bare what Latin America has known ever since it was invaded by the Europeans: it has always been about resources, trade and profit. It has never been about freedom, it has never been about human rights, it has never been about democracy.

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19.05.2026 | by Gabriella Florenzano