"Mr. Guaidó’s strength was tied to his international diplomatic recognition, but American sanctions designed to assist him gutted government revenues and forced Venezuelans to focus on daily survival, not political mobilization. And his attempts to spur a military uprising ended up consolidating the control of Mr. Maduro, 60, over the armed forces." As usual, the NYT article begins by telling us how bad "socialism" is and that the economy is in taters, people are starving, etc. But near the end we are informed it is "American sanctions" (not "socialism") that "gutted" the government's ability to use revenues for the people and made the population struggle for "daily survival." We are also told the great movement to restore "democracy" led by Guaidó failed because he couldn't get the military to stage a coup. This article can't hide the ugly face of U.S. imperialism.
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