{"id":14761,"date":"2026-09-22T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14761"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:21:04","slug":"iran-venezuela-regime-change-greenwald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/iran-venezuela-regime-change-greenwald\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran &amp; Venezuela: The Regime Change Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald examines U.S. policy toward Venezuela, focusing in particular on Mar\u00eda Corina Machado and the Trump administration\u2019s approach following the removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>What became of the promises of freedom, democracy, and political change? Greenwald examines the dispute over Venezuela\u2019s oil, the role of the opposition, and the question of what interests Washington is actually pursuing. He also draws parallels with Iran and other cases in which political exile groups have placed their hopes in U.S.-backed regime change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by System Update and published on their YouTube channel on the 5th of September, 2026. 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