Leave Venezuela, from Iraq-Iran to Guatemala, America is the cause of coup and devastation in so many countries.

America, Trump and Venezuela are in the news because of the American military attack on Venezuela, the arrest of its President and the announcement of taking over the power of this country. The whole world knows that America did not do this legally. Entering into a sovereign nation and taking away its President and then saying that for the time being the government of Venezuela will be run by the US is completely inappropriate. Spain, France, Portugal and Britain also did similar things many years ago but what happened? Everyone had to return. America has not done this for the first time.

In the last few decades, wherever America has changed power on the world map, there has been a coup, or there has been a direct attack on any country, somewhere there the American statement of democracy, human rights and freedom is definitely heard. But the reasons on the ground were mostly different, oil, minerals, strategic bases, anti-Soviet or Chinese interests and interests of multinational companies. Come, on the pretext of Venezuela, let us know where America brought about change of power in the name of democracy, human rights etc. Where was destruction created or captured?

Guatemala: A coup organized for a company

In Guatemala, in the early 1950s, the elected President named Jacobo Arbens started grassroots reforms. This caused a direct blow to the grassroots interests of America’s United Fruit Company. Describing him as a communist threat, America launched a coup operation in 1954 through the CIA. Arbens’ regime fell, military rule came, and decades of civil war, genocide, and political violence ravaged the country. It is recorded in history that in the name of saving democracy, America actually saved corporate interests.

Chile: Coup after fear of socialist model

Chile’s President Salvador Allende was democratically elected, but he nationalized strategic assets such as copper and pursued socialist policies. The US made the overthrow of General Pinochet possible in 1973 through economic blockade, funding of the opposition and conspiracy in the military, calling him a part of Soviet influence. The result was that the country continued to suffer dictatorship for years. Thousands of political murders took place and protesters were even made to disappear.

Nicaragua: Weapons given to rebel group, massacre took place

During the Cold War, Central America became a laboratory for American interventions. America provided arms and funds to the rebel group called Contra against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The army and paramilitary forces received open American support against leftist forces in El Salvador. Honduras became the site of American military bases and operations. The language of democracy was used here too, but the result on the ground was massacre, rivers full of dead bodies and growing poverty.

Panama: Change of power in the name of Operation Just Cause

In 1989, America launched a direct attack on Panama in the name of Operation Just Cause. The excuse was dictator Manuel Noriega’s drug trade and the safety of American citizens. The irony is that Noriega had been a close associate of the CIA for years. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in the attack, settlements were burned, and America ultimately created a regime of its own choice to further ensure its dominance over the Panama Canal.

Iran: oil companies vs. democratic prime minister

Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddek nationalized oil, which affected the interests of British and American oil companies. The CIA and the British intelligence agency together, through a secret operation in 1953, brought down Mosaddeq’s government and strengthened the Shah. This coup laid the ground for decades of dictatorship and ultimately the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Iraq: Attack on the basis of lies, Saddam hanged

The 2003 US invasion of Iraq is the biggest and clearest example in recent history of how war was sold in the language of democracy and public security. The claim was that Saddam Hussein has weapons of destruction and is a threat to the world. Saddam Hussein, the President there, was hanged. Later, American investigations themselves admitted that no such weapons were found. After the war, state institutions were broken and the army was disbanded. Communal violence broke out, lakhs of lives were lost, crores were displaced. Oil companies and contractors got contracts worth billions of dollars.

Afghanistan: two decades of devastation

After the 9/11 attacks, America entered Afghanistan in the name of removing Taliban rule. Initially there was talk of eliminating Al-Qaeda hideouts, then slogans of nation building and democracy were added. After two decades of war, America quietly left and today power is again in the hands of Taliban. As a result, millions of people continued to suffer the brunt of war, displacement, drone attacks, and a broken economy. The country has not recovered even today.

Libya: This country did not return on track after the assassination of Gaddafi

During the rebellion against Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, NATO and the US intervened militarily in 2011 under the guise of a no-fly zone and humanitarian security. Even after the assassination of Gaddafi, no stable democratic structure was created. Today Libya is divided between militias, dual governments and human trafficking rings.

Some other examples involving direct occupation or military presence

• Grenada (1983): US attacks to oust left-leaning government in small Caribbean country.
• Dominican Republic (1965): Deploying American troops, so that leftist forces cannot maintain their hold on power.
• Haiti: American military presence at various times in the twentieth century, interference in overthrowing governments, and in recent decades also political pressure and interference.

In all these places, stability and democracy were mentioned in public speeches, but on the ground, economic and geo-strategic interests remained prominent.

Now Venezuela on target

Venezuela is one of the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world. The governments of Hugo Chavez and later Nicolas Maduro tightly controlled oil revenues, ran welfare schemes for the poor and openly challenged the US. The US imposed harsh economic sanctions, calling him a dictator, anti-democracy and human rights violator, put pressure on Venezuela’s oil company and assets, recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president in 2019, and openly gave political and diplomatic support to opposition forces.

Protests against America

🇻🇪 THE WORLD STANDS WITH VENEZUELA! pic.twitter.com/pDnXmrGZGI

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinkle) January 4, 2026

economic sanctions and devastation

Economic sanctions further devastated Venezuela’s already struggling economy. The shortage of medicines, food items and daily needs increased. Millions of people migrated to Colombia, Brazil and other countries in search of a better life. The government’s wrong policies and corruption, along with US sanctions, made life extremely difficult for ordinary Venezuelans. The international debate is that if there was really concern for the people of Venezuela, would their economy be strangled in such a way that the common people would have to suffer the most?

Threats of military intervention and slogan of democracy

Over the past few years, top American leaders have made statements stating that all options are on the table, including indirect threats of military intervention. Along with talk of democratic reforms, fair elections and human rights, the discussion also always includes aspects of Venezuela’s oil, geo-strategic position and the need to weaken the anti-US axis in Latin America. This is the same pattern that has been seen in examples like Guatemala, Chile, Iraq or Libya.

Excuse of democracy, serving one’s own interest is the real story

If we look at all these matters together, it becomes clear that America saw its own interests somewhere. Not of the country and its people. Oil, gas, minerals or big corporate deals. There were disturbances in the name of canals (Panama), strategic sea routes, influence on military bases, in the name of communism in the Cold War, terrorism or dictatorship in the later period. The language remained almost the same everywhere, we have come to bring democracy. They have come to save human rights, to provide freedom to the people, but the results have been opposite in most of the places. Prolonged civil wars, dictatorships or harsh military regimes, economic devastation and displacement, and the weakening of the roots of local democracy.

In the context of Venezuela also, the same fear emerges that the same game might be repeated again under the guise of democracy, economic siege, political pressure, promotion of internal turmoil and, if the opportunity arises, an open attempt at regime change.

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