Mark Weisbrot On Venezuela Today

There's not much reason to doubt that the USA is on the wrong side of this Venezuela thing.  We've been on the wrong side since before Hugo Chavez was first elected--and we've been on the wrongest wrong side in pretty much every south of Delaware political issue since forever.  This particular country, Venezuela, would be so much better off if we stopped fucking with them and instead supported the democratic institutions even if our own lapdogs don't happen to win any particular election.  Venezuela has the oil and the wealth; if they succeed despite not kissing the USA's ass, well, that'll make us look bad...