This was never about democracy or human rights. It was a textbook resource-driven intervention built on sanctions, economic strangulation, and covert operations to remove a leader who refused alignment. The UN Charter exists to prevent exactly this kind of aggression, yet sovereignty means little when great powers act without consequence. Venezuela’s fate was sealed the moment its oil reserves became a strategic prize, and the pattern here mirrors Iraq and Libya. The danger is not just for Venezuela but for every non‑aligned nation now reminded that if America wants something, it will take it. That resignation you see in Paraguay is the world settling into a reality where the rules are applied selectively, and where regime change is simply another tool of foreign policy.
This was never about democracy or human rights. It was a textbook resource-driven intervention built on sanctions, economic strangulation, and covert operations to remove a leader who refused alignment. The UN Charter exists to prevent exactly this kind of aggression, yet sovereignty means little when great powers act without consequence. Venezuela’s fate was sealed the moment its oil reserves became a strategic prize, and the pattern here mirrors Iraq and Libya. The danger is not just for Venezuela but for every non‑aligned nation now reminded that if America wants something, it will take it. That resignation you see in Paraguay is the world settling into a reality where the rules are applied selectively, and where regime change is simply another tool of foreign policy.