Why White Supremacy Is Never Named in the Venezuela Crisis

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Explanations of Venezuela that avoid white supremacy are faithful to the world that made this outcome ordinary.

Across the current debate, there is no shortage of analysis. Commentators invoke imperialism, oil, sanctions, international law, authoritarianism, corruption, diaspora exhaustion and the familiar refrain of “complexity”. These explanations often disagree sharply with one another. Yet across ideological divides, political loyalties and disciplinary boundaries...