In Venezuela, It's "Democracy" if US-Backed Candidates Are Empowered, "Tyranny" if They Are Not
NOVANEWS
By Steven Chovanec
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offers a press conference after the signing of the electoral guarantee agreement between the government and opposition presidential candidates, at the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas on March 2, 2018. (Photo: Federico Parra / AFP / Getty Images).
The Venezuelan government recently announced its decision to hold presidential elections, which are currently scheduled for May. The Trump administration denounced the move, saying they "would not be free and fair."
Last year, the administration announced an unprecedented escalation of sanctions against the country. This, too, was justified under humanitarian pretexts. The US says its actions are a response to the government's "serious abuses of human rights and...