Thread by @venanalysis

Alternative headlines for this Reuters piece (thread):

"Biden will continue to murder Venezuelans until elected gov't makes way for US puppet"

"Imperialism the most bipartisan affair in DC, sources confirm"

reuters.com/article/us-ven…

You'll forgive Venezuelans for not really seeing Biden as the "lesser evil".

And major kudos as always to Reuters for its imperialist stenography, just surrendering the floor to the anonymous White House official

The typical example: "Maduro, who calls Guaido a U.S. puppet..."

Right, this disgraceful lowlife who acts on Washington orders, holds assets the US stole from Vzla and calls for US sanctions or even an invasion. Yet it's *Maduro's opinion* that he's a US puppet...

"Having retained support of the military as well as Russia, China, Cuba + Iran, [Maduro] has rejected or ignored previous demands for such concessions"

How dare Vzla's elected president not make concessions to Washington as a result of murderous sanctions? (he has made them btw)

Reuters can't be bothered to mention the deadly consequences of sanctions. Instead, the anonymous official can just say that sanctions have provisions for humanitarian aid (see next tweet) and even say that the govt is "actively preventing the delivery of humanitarian assistance"

The mantra sanctions allow for humanitarian aid (which wouldn't be needed without sanctions) and other stuff, thus exempting Washington from responsibility, is blatantly false. But don't take it from us, a US gov't agency reached this conclusion

venezuelanalysis.com/news/15118

And of course mentioning the recent visit + report from UN human rights expert on the devastating consequences of US sanctions would be too much to ask from an imperialist cheerleading outfit like Reuters

venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/15126