Neo-Colonial Coverage of Venezuela Earthquakes Adds Insult to Injury - Venezuelanalysis<https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/neo-colonial-coverage-of-venezuela-earthquakes-adds-insult-to-injury/>
A devastating double earthquake<https://venezuelanalysis.com/infographics/venezuelas-double-earthquake/?swcfpc=1> hit Venezuela on June 24, leaving a trail of destruction and thousands dead. Dozens of buildings collapsed in coastal La Guaira State, the worst affected in the South American country. The natural disaster followed two unnatural catastrophes: a decade-plus of US-led economic sanctions<https://fair.org/home/calibrated-dishonesty-western-media-coverage-of-venezuela-sanctions/>, and the January 3 US bombing attack and kidnapping<https://fair.org/home/western-gangster-journalism-runs-cover-for-trumps-donroe-doctrine-in-venezuela/> of President Nicolás Maduro. But rather than sympathize with the beleaguered country, the Western media establishment seized the opportunity to continue demonizing the Bolivarian Revolution—while whitewashing Washington’s economic terrorism and its present efforts to tighten its semi-colonial stranglehold on the country (FAIR.org, 2/27/26<https://fair.org/home/western-gangster-journalism-runs-cover-for-trumps-donroe-doctrine-in-venezuela/>). ..... The current framing of earthquake coverage aims to separate US sanctions as much as possible from their direct consequences. Rail, electricity and healthcare systems became much more “fragile” because sanctions blocked the Venezuelan government from servicing equipment and importing spare parts, not to mention brain drain resulting from mass migration of qualified personnel largely trained in public universities. Similarly, the “economic turmoil” is a result of US sanctions, not a parallel phenomenon. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42506): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42506 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120309380/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
