Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Jeffrey Sachs: Venezuela Regime Change - Oil & Gangster Politics
Nov 9, 2025
Renowned economics professor Jeffrey Sachs, a former advisor to various governments, delves deep into U.S. regime-change strategies in Venezuela. He discusses the destructive impact of U.S. foreign policy, illustrating how it undermines democracy and promotes chaos. Sachs reveals the motivations behind interventions, including anti-leftist ideology and corporate interests in Venezuelan oil. He critiques the Nobel Peace Prize's role in legitimizing military actions and highlights the need for mutual respect among powers to avoid conflict over resources.
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Regime Change As US Foreign Policy
- Regime change is a core, recurring tool of U.S. foreign policy used overtly and covertly across decades.
- The current actions against Venezuela are a particularly flagrant example of this long-standing practice.
Democracy Undermined By Foreign Influence
- U.S. support for NGOs, media, and politicians is a standard tactic to influence other countries and provoke internal clampdowns.
- Such interference undermines genuine democracy and invites reciprocal repression by targeted governments.
Peace Prize May Legitimize Intervention
- Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to an interventionist figure risks legitimizing calls for military action and can encourage regime change.
- Jeffrey Sachs calls the prize decision 'shocking' and potentially promoting international law violations.
