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By asserting control over Venezuela’s primary sources of revenue, US President Donald Trump has replaced the moral rhetoric of his predecessors with a 21st-century version of colonial-era indirect rule. The result is a country that retains the symbols of self-government but functions as an American protectorate.
DAVOS – Commentators have largely framed the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a US-orchestrated attempt at “regime change,” or as an effort to preserve the country’s existing political order, minus Mature. But these interpretations overlook the more consequential development: the emergence of a new, more discreet form of imperialism.
