In Venezuela, the conflict in the Lima group has rejected a military intervention by the majority. But how long can the USA keep still about it? Memories of dark times of U.S. policy in Latin America.
Seven million US dollars to put the United States in the Chilean presidential campaign of 1970, but it helps nothing. The socialist, Salvador Allende wins nevertheless, the elections. Then the military even before the inauguration of Allende’s overthrow, but that also fails. Massive secret operations of the CIA, consequences, Washington, this ten-million-U.S.-Dollar costs.
“Make the Chilean economy scream”, calls on US President Richard Nixon, his advisers, to destabilize the Chilean economy. Allende still in Power. The Ultima Ratio: the USA has politically and financially supported the military coup of 11. September 1973. The unpleasant left-wing Chilean government is overthrown, a rights enthroned.
Is now repeating itself in Venezuela’s history?
“All options are on the table” had tinted US President Donald Trump a month ago in the direction of Caracas, and the Drama of the failed deliveries from the Saturday can be the Option of a diplomatic solution to the conflict increasingly unlikely.
“A military intervention would speak of the foreign political line Trumps” – Christian Hacke
The possibility of a U.S. military intervention, so in turn, more likely? “No way,” says political scientist and United States expert Christian Hacke, “the dignity of the trump policy’s the outside, with protectionism as a guideline, as well contradict as of the mood in the United States.”
Trump does not want to burn in Venezuela, the Finger
US Vice-President Mike Pence left it at the public Meeting with the self-appointed interim President, Juan Guaidó in Bogota, first of all, in the case of verbal support. The United States would stand so long on the side of Venezuela, “until democracy and freedom are restored, there is no way back.” For the USA this means: with the further sanctions imposed by the government of Nicolás Maduro, further and further cut off the air.
“The Moment has come to do more” – US Vice-President Mike Pence with Juan Guaidó
The U.S. Treasury Department is now imposing punitive measures against the governors of the States of Apure, Vargas, Carabobo and Zulia, were responsible for the Blockade of aid shipments: there is no access to their accounts in the United States, in addition to visa bans. “The United States will certainly also reinforce their covert intelligence activities, but Trump will still want to be in Venezuela not to burn your fingers,” says hoe.
The power struggle of USA against China
“Venezuela has become the venue of a larger power game,” says Josef Braml, US expert at the German society for Foreign policy. Because of this, the rising was a power-hungry Power, China, and on the other hand, the United States would not tolerate any competition in their so-called hemisphere.
“The United States to increase sanctions pressure on the military, the actual beneficiaries of the Petro-Dollar” – Josef Braml
The author of the book “Trumps America – At the cost of freedom” says: “In the National security strategy by December 2017, China’s presence in Latin America has been classified as a national security threat to the United States, which makes the world, if necessary, with all means, even military, will fight.” The China that Venezuela has helped out in the last decade, with 62 billion dollars in loans in exchange for oil, and in Latin America as its geopolitical influence is gradually expanding.
Backyard Latin America is neglected
The United States have dropped in the past 20 years, their self-appointed backyard. Neither the Republican George W. Bush nor Democrat Barack Obama showed great interest in the Region, China and Russia took advantage of this vacuum sent. Add to that: In Latin America, the military coup in Chile, the fight against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua or the kidnapping of Panama’s ruler, Manuel Noriega not forget.
Quite the best of friends? Barack Obama with Hugo Chavez in 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
The anti-imperialist Propaganda of Nicolás Maduro is caught so still, and is also one reason why Venezuela’s President, in spite of Repression, a starving population and a catastrophic level of medical support in Power.
Everything on the card sanctions
The United States want to risk a conflagration in the Region and build on the sanctions and the lack of Oil revenues, Maduro soon the money is missing to pay him a loyal military. The military switches sides, is Maduro’s history, the strategy in Washington. And at the same time the way for Juan Guaidó that would be an Invasion of no political future.
Henry Kissinger, now 95 years old, at the memorial service for the US politician John McCain
“I do not see why it should be necessary to keep silent and watch how a country is due to the irresponsibility of its people of being Communist” – had told the then US national security Advisor Henry Kissinger about Chile. Half a century later, the United States put everything on the card sanctions and hope, just like that time in Chile to be able to watch that your “Problem” in Latin America to solve in this way.