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Trump's war on oil-rich Venezuela is based on lies: The real reasons why USA wants regime change

49 minutes Posted Sep 10, 2025 at 3:11 pm.

US-backed coups in Latin America

US economic war on Cuba

Venezuela's alliance with China & Russia

Dedollarization

Petrodollar system

US military threatens Venezuela

Drug production

US-backed drug trafficker in Colombia

US-backed drug trafficker in Ecuador

Fentanyl

UN data on drugs

Marco Rubio opposes international law

(CLIP) Marco Rubio attacks UN

"Cartel de los Soles" doesn't exist

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro

US-backed coup in Venezuela in 2002

Guarimbas: coup attempts in 2014 & 2017

Obama dubs Venezuela "threat"

US economic war & sanctions

Oil exports

US collapses Venezuela's oil industry

Coup attempt with Juan Guaidó in 2019

(CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup

Trump admin discussed military attacks

Failed invasion in 2020: Operation Gideon

Bolivarian Revolution

Marco Rubio's drug lies

US bounty on Maduro's head

Scholar: "Cartel of the Suns" doesn't exist

US invasion of Panama in 1989

US turned against Saddam Hussein

Coup strategy

US intel debunks Trump admin's drug lies

Tattoos as "proof" of cartel membership

Juan Guaidó worked with drug cartels

Guaidó gang's corruption

US empire's puppets in Latin America

Colonialist Monroe Doctrine

(CLIP) John Bolton on Venezuela's oil

Trump wants Venezuela's oil

Goals of US empire

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The US government has waged economic war on Venezuela for years. The Donald Trump administration is escalating this with threats of military intervention. Ben Norton discusses the history of sanctions and US-backed coup attempts against President Nicolás Maduro, explaining why Washington wants to topple this ally of China, Russia, and Iran, so US oil corporations can exploit the South American nation's natural resources.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU17g3DXwiY

Check out our related video on how the US government supports drug traffickers in Latin America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwCducQ8HHw

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