Do you think it’s part of the manufacturing of consent to give the idea that Venezuela is all alone and their allies will abandon them in hopes of weakening morale within Venezuela?

I thought about your question more. It may well be a signifier to embolden right wing parties and media in the Americas about the isolation of the left in the western hemisphere. I saw Prashad’s interview on Breakthrough News which echoed the above and talks about the Angry Tide vs Pink Tide.