Having watched the United States pull off the same “democracy export” routine in country after country over the decades—Iraq, Libya, Syria, you name it—we all knew exactly how this Venezuela saga would unfold. And here we are in historic January 2026: the script delivered on cue.
Step one: Elevate the West’s favored opposition figure to hero status. María Corina Machado, fresh off her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for championing “democratic rights,” (awarded precisely for opposing the Bolivarian government) gets positioned as the ideal transitional leader. [Read more…]