Geopolitical Economy Report10 Sep 2025

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

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 Topics 0:00 US-backed coups in Latin America 1:32 US economic war on Cuba 2:15 Venezuela's alliance with China & Russia 3:12 Dedollarization 4:17 Petrodollar system 5:45 US military threatens Venezuela 7:53 Drug production 8:37 US-backed drug trafficker in Colombia 9:24 US-backed drug trafficker in Ecuador 11:35 Fentanyl 12:52 UN data on drugs 13:39 Marco Rubio opposes international law 14:58 (CLIP) Marco Rubio attacks UN 15:42 "Cartel de los Soles" doesn't exist 16:32 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro 17:27 US-backed coup in Venezuela in 2002 18:53 Guarimbas: coup attempts in 2014 & 2017 19:28 Obama dubs Venezuela "threat" 19:54 US economic war & sanctions 21:16 Oil exports 22:16 US collapses Venezuela's oil industry 23:24 Coup attempt with Juan Guaidó in 2019 24:09 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup 24:59 Trump admin discussed military attacks 26:02 Failed invasion in 2020: Operation Gideon 28:41 Bolivarian Revolution 30:25 Marco Rubio's drug lies 31:46 US bounty on Maduro's head 33:27 Scholar: "Cartel of the Suns" doesn't exist 35:10 US invasion of Panama in 1989 36:19 US turned against Saddam Hussein 36:52 Coup strategy 37:34 US intel debunks Trump admin's drug lies 39:49 Tattoos as "proof" of cartel membership 41:17 Juan Guaidó worked with drug cartels 43:06 Guaidó gang's corruption 43:52 US empire's puppets in Latin America 44:51 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine 45:46 (CLIP) John Bolton on Venezuela's oil 46:53 Trump wants Venezuela's oil 47:52 Goals of US empire 49:16 Outro

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