Following the lead of the Trump Administration, a number of European Union member nations have endorsed Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s head of state. As with the US, this is leading Venezuela to revise bilateral ties with them.
France went a step further, saying that not only are they endorsing Guaido, but that they believe Guaido has every right to organize and hold new elections himself to replace President Maduro.
Actions union-wide are still coming, however, with officials saying that a meeting of EU foreign ministers is discussing a new round of sanctions against the Maduro government. They say the sanctions are focused on individuals within the government.
So far, they say the EU has had no discussions on sanctioning the Venezuelan oil industry the way the US has. Officials say they can’t exclude that, but aren’t directly pursuing that possibility right now.
Though the hope seems to be that they can force regime change through sanctions and diplomatic pressure, that historically hasn’t worked very well, and if anything had forced the public to be more reliant on the existing government.
True democracy is gradually being killed in various parts of the world when sanctions are used to economically strangle a population until they succumb to foreign tyrants whose aim is to plunder the countries national resources.
Corporate fascist rule by the so called “elite” who for some reason believe the world is their oyster.
But some still believe the elite are gathering up all the resources in order to split them up equally later on…..
The corrupt and undemocratic EU again shows its true and ugly face, its leaders are a gang of Neolib, Neocons, ultra right wing and national puppets who serve and bow to their masters, the elite and multi corporations.
So Macron, who sends “riot police” against the unarmed Yellow Vests, causing serious injuries including lost eyes and hands, and has the media supporting him, now considers an opportunistic rabble rouser should be supported to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
This is why it’s so important to be self reliant as a country so the West doesn’t attempt to dictate any orders.
What’s so sad is how all that oil and gold and Chavez reforms and the country is still in a serfdom to other nations.
In Ukraine and Venezuela we clearly witness the demise of democracy. It’s replaced by sanctions and violent Coup d’etats to bypass the will of the people.