The Empire’s Preferred Traitor The USA has openly chosen Delcy Rodríguez over its own long-cultivated CIA asset, María Corina Machado. That single decision tells you everything you need to know about the real game being played. Machado was never an organic figure. She was funded by the National Endowment for Democracy — the CIA’s civilian spin-off, the soft-power cash machine that bankrolls colour-revolution operatives worldwide. That money bought her the microphone, the Western headlines, and the carefully curated image of “democratic opposition.” Yet if she had executed even a fraction of the quiet surrender Delcy has already delivered — opening the doors to Washington, diluting sovereignty, and managing the soft liquidation of the Bolivarian project — the streets would have erupted. The Chavista base would have torn her apart. Delcy has done far more, and so far the base has largely stayed silent. That silence will not last forever. Betrayal on this scale eventually meets its reckoning. When the anger finally breaks, it will not be polite. It could turn very ugly — and yes, it could slide into civil war. The empire always prefers the traitor who still wears the revolutionary jersey. It is cleaner, more efficient, and far more devastating. Be informed, not entertained.