Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Just as the news breaks that Trump has issued Maduro an ultimatum to leave Venezuela immediately if he wants to escape with his life, the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has published an amazingly brazen war propaganda piece titled ‘How Venezuelan Gangs and African Jihadists Are Flooding Europe With Cocaine.’ ‘Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities,’ the article begins, going out of its way to note that ‘the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro — who it asserts is heavily involved in drug smuggling — has brought global attention to the country’s role in the drug trade.’ The propaganda piece is plainly aimed at Europeans as well as Americans …” (12/02/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/12/02/ah-good-old-war-propaganda/