Independent
media outlets tend to pose alternative viewpoints that conflict with
the narratives espoused by mainstream media. But when it comes to
Venezuela, whose socialist government is in danger of being
overthrown, they are parroting the mainstream line or ignoring the
issue altogether.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
5 - Regime change: an affront to national sovereignty
One may
think that the apparent about-face of these, and other, alternative
media sites could be due to the fact that Venezuela’s government is
left-leaning. However, all three mentioned here have had no problem
recognizing that the overthrow of the leftist and
democratically-elected government of Honduras in 2009 was the work of
the United States. So why leave Venezuela out?
It may be
related to either the fact that the Honduras coup was backed by the
Obama administration, namely Hillary Clinton, or the fact that
Honduras’ pre-coup government, led by Manuel Zelaya, was not
overtly “socialist.” Either way, does Venezuela’s embrace of
socialism for nearly two decades really justify ignoring the U.S.
regime change efforts that have long targeted the country?
Here, it
seems, some of these alt-media outlets have made a rather interesting
choice. Instead of opposing all U.S. regime change efforts, those
targeting governments with certain economic systems is just fine,
even if that regime was democratically elected by the people of that
country.
One may not
agree with socialism, one may even despise it; however, U.S. regime
change against any government is an affront to the very principle of
national sovereignty. When it targets a democratically-elected
government, it is an affront to the right of people to govern
themselves, whether one agrees with their decision or not.
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