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Pressure points: On Trump seeking Venezuela’s oil without costs of occupation

Trump’s strategy to keep pushing Caracas can only lead to a breaking point (चरम सीमा)

What is unfolding in Venezuela is naked imperialism (साम्राज्यवाद). Having ordered the abduction of a sitting head of state and imposed (थोपना) a naval blockade on a sovereign (संप्रभु) nation, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Washington would now “run” Venezuela. That he endorsed Acting President Delcy Rodriguez rather than the opposition does not diminish the criminality of these actions; it merely reveals their purpose, which was not about democracy or narcotics but about control of Venezuela’s oil. The Trump administration’s approach might appear contradictory: help retain the Bolivarian regime while strangling (गला घोंटना) its economic sovereignty. But the logic is coherent. Washington wants Venezuela’s oil without the costs of occupation or the chaos of regime change. It learned from Iraq that dismantling (टुकड़े-टुकड़े करना) state structures creates insurgencies. It believes that it is better to capture the existing apparatus and redirect its functions — a form of neocolonialism that maintains the forms of statehood while exercising actual control.

This arrangement places Ms. Rodriguez in a difficult position. The Bolivarian movement was built on resisting precisely this kind of American domination over Venezuela’s resources. Yet her government, battered by a decade of sanctions, must now negotiate with the very power that kidnapped her predecessor (पूर्ववर्ती). Her statement on Sunday, “Enough already of Washington’s orders over politicians in Venezuela”, reveals the strain that she is under. She has complied with American demands on oil trade and released political prisoners as a “peace gesture”. But she cannot surrender Venezuelan sovereignty entirely without losing the Chavista base that sustains her government. The more pressure Washington applies on Caracas, the more it risks the very instability it claims to want to prevent. If the U.S. wanted a productive economic relationship with Venezuela, it should not have embarked (To go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; to begin a course of action) on this marauding path. The sanctions that devastated (तबाह करना) Venezuela’s economy were American policy. The migration (प्रवास) crisis that Mr. Trump cited to justify intervention was a consequence of those sanctions. Now, Washington offers to ease the pressure it created, but only if Venezuela submits to exclusive American control over its resources. This is not diplomacy; it is extortion. The world cannot remain silent. When Russia violated Ukrainian sovereignty, the international community condemned (निंदा करना) it and imposed sanctions. Mr. Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ threatens not just Venezuela, but the foundations of the international order. If it remains unchallenged internationally, no nation in the Global South can be safe.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Breaking point (Noun)

Hindi Meaning – चरम सीमा
English Meaning – The moment of greatest strain at which someone or something gives way.

2.Imperialism (Noun)

Hindi Meaning – साम्राज्यवाद
English Meaning – A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

3.Sovereign (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning – संप्रभु
English Meaning – Possessing supreme or ultimate power; a supreme ruler.

4.Strangle (Verb)

Hindi Meaning – गला घोंटना
English Meaning – Squeeze or constrict the neck of; to hamper or stop the development of something.

5.Dismantle (Verb)

Hindi Meaning – टुकड़े-टुकड़े करना
English Meaning – To take a machine or structure to pieces; to gradually cause an organization or system to stop working.

6.Predecessor (Noun)

Hindi Meaning – पूर्ववर्ती
English Meaning – A person who held a job or office before the current holder; a thing that has been followed or replaced by another.

7.Devastate (Verb)

Hindi Meaning – तबाह करना
English Meaning – To destroy or ruin something; to cause someone severe and overwhelming shock or grief.

8.Impose (Verb)

Hindi Meaning – थोपना
English Meaning – To force something (a tax, duty, or belief) to be accepted or put in place.

9.Condemn (Verb)

Hindi Meaning – निंदा करना
English Meaning – Express complete disapproval of; to sentence someone to a particular punishment.

10.Migration (Noun)

Hindi Meaning – प्रवास
English Meaning – Movement of people or animals from one place to another.

11.Gesture (Noun)

English Meaning – A movement of part of the body to express an idea or meaning; an action performed to convey a feeling.

12.Embark (Verb)

English Meaning – To go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; to begin a course of action.