[Iran Press TV] Under US President Barack Obama, Washington has sought to “destabilize” and “undermine” Venezuela because of its anti-imperialist policies and close ties to countries like China and Iran, an American geopolitical analyst says.“The United States is directly targeting Venezuela because it sees in Venezuela a threat to its own regional hegemony,” said Eric Draitser, the founder of stopimperialism.org.
“Venezuela as a close ally of Russia, a close ally of Iran, as a close ally of China,” Draitser said during an interview with Press TV on Sunday.
The Obama administration is continuing to “destabilize, to undermine and to do whatever it can to destroy the independent, socialist nation of Venezuela,” he added.
The US government has also led destabilization efforts in other left-wing and anti-colonialist Latin American nations, including Argentina, Bolivia and Equator, Draitser observed.