Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela

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Laura Dogu, newly appointed US envoy to Venezuela, is described by the Los Angeles Times as an appropriate choice because she “navigated crises” in Nicaragua and Honduras during periods of “social and political volatility.” What the LA Times fails to add is that it was precisely Dogu’s job to create crisis and volatility in both countries.

In Latin America she is widely regarded, for good reason, as the “US ambassador...