In fact, my highly respected Thierry Meyssan published an article on Venezuela. Turns out he has a individual experience with this country that he's referring to. Like almost all of his texts, he besides deviates from the common interpretation. It besides mentions a number of facts that are completely unspoken in both authoritative and independent media. Practically all hour, fresh facts come out that make this operation weirder. The U.S. Ministry of Justice (actually it should be in quotes) has announced that Maduro will not be charged with moving a drug cartelOh, my God! Then why was the full circus? On the net there are photos of smiling Maduro, clutching with their American guards, but in the age of artificial intelligence, not specified photos are possible. As usual, we gotta wait for more information.
Everyone says the intent of this operation is Venezuelan oil. In my opinion, that is simply a side goal. U.S. companies are not on fire to return to ruined Venezuelan oil fields. The cost of investments to increase their production is besides high. It's not so much about oil as what currency it's going to be sold in. Venezuela is expected to sale it for dollars. Plus, he has to halt helping Cuba. This is practically a death conviction for this country. Cuba will not be able to function independently and will gotta capitulate before the US. But it will only be a side effect of this operation, which for the US will substance mainly prestigious. In my opinion, this is only a game-playing game before the April American – Chinese summit meeting. Therefore, I anticipate that The next U.S. mark will be Iran. While China imports only a few, possibly 4% of the oil needed from Venezuela, more from Iran. The failure of Venezuelan oil will not be a tragedy for China, but the failure of Iranian oil is immense trouble! Russia is incapable to decision in with aid in a short time. But in my opinion, the U.S. is not about cutting China off from oil supplies, both Venezuelan and Iranian. It's about China paying for that oil in dollars! Therefore, I do not anticipate any invasion of Iran, but attempts to force it to sale its oil for dollars. The full planet gets free of American bonds, barely anyone buys them. To force China, the largest buyer, to return to the acquisition of American bonds, is, in my opinion, the main intent of this scandal. It's either being or not being for this country. At the same time, the skills towards Russia ran out. The U.S. in the mediate of the Atlantic was taken over by a Russian tanker and its crew They're going to court American. This appears to be the beginning of a fight against the alleged Russian "shadow float" carrying Russian oil.
I have no place for details here, but erstwhile we look at the general situation of the United States, this country is financially, economically and socially at the edge of the abyss. What the United States is doing is no longer desperate, it's acts of despair! This country, or actually the authority of the oligarchy, begins to match an animal in snares. He throws himself, loses his strength, bleeds out, and the chances of getting out of the snares are impossible to see. This conflict makes signals sent to puppets, or politicians, inconsistent, frequently contradictory. The consequence is simply a mixture of the circus and the madhouse we are presently dealing with.
The U.S. clearly stands for planet War III. As with both erstwhile ones, they first lure their vassals – Europe to Russia and Japan to China. Europe is not capable of a second operation by Barbarossa, so it is expected to be increasingly insolent to provoke Russia and force it to react, which will let it to be portrayed as an aggressor. And in Asia, Taiwan will most likely be Ukraine.
But let's go back to Venezuela. Meyssan writes that Chavez began to awaken a sense of national belonging in his country. erstwhile we talk about Latin American countries, we request to realize that they are not countries comparable to Europe. They're artificial creatures created by erstwhile colonists. Concepts specified as homeland, nation or patriotism are unknown there due to the fact that they have not yet developed. For the oligarchy there, the state is an area in which their plantations and latyfundies lie, and society, are descendants of slaves who worked for their ancestors; they feed him only contempt. Does that remind us of anything? Exactly! The first and mostly second Republic. Yeah, I know quite a few people are going to get angry right now, but let's be honest. What was the reality then? Aristocracy and magnatery were indifferent to the limits within which their wealth was found, nobles for abroad money broke semy, bourgeoisie was fewer and without rights, 80% of society, or peasants, knew their master, but had no thought that they were part of any nation. Even during the interwar period, the answer to the question of nationality was not uncommon: uh... nooo... local... That odor is following us today. Our infantile-agency elite is divided into those who want to sale our country to Germany and those who want to trade it to the US-Israel tandem. What about society? It's completely stupid, and it's adequate buying in a abroad marketplace and a couple of tv stations with kickballs and dumb shows. People whose heart is in the welfare of the country are few, no 1 listens to them, are ridiculed and slandered in all possible way. They're practically underground.
But let's get to the Meyssan article.
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author: Thierry Meyssan
Operation Absolute determination is not an invasion of Venezuela, nor is Russian military operation an invasion of Ukraine. This is simply a average power game in the face of existential danger.
Nicolás Maduro is the president of Venezuela, even if the United States and the EU do not recognise it. His position as president so did not defend him from the accusation he had been made in the United States.
Washington had the right to halt Venezuela's assistance to Hezbollah, not due to the fact that it did not support the Lebanese resistance, but due to the fact that it active drug supplies to the United States and thus posed a threat to their safety.
However, this does not change the fact that this operation is simply a slap on the face of the Venezuelan people and will make it hard to rebuild this country.
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro Moros was kidnapped by the United States Army on 3 January 2026 and transported to fresh York City, where he was charged with drug terrorism and cocaine import to the United States.
In order to analyse this message, we must escape the explanation patterns usually utilized in Latin America. This kidnapping does not necessarily have anything to do with conventional antagonism between indigenous descendants and descendants of colonizers, nor with Roosevelt’s rule of Monroe’s doctrine, nor with the fight for oil.
I will trust on my cognition of this country. I was a individual friend of president Hugo Chávez Frias (died in 2013). Contrary to what is said, I do not consider Maduro to be "chavista", even if he was in the past.
In 2017, Nicolás Maduro invited me to Caracas for a gathering of intellectuals, which he had organised many times. I went there not to this meeting, but to give a lecture in front of the army staff. At the time, straussista Elliott Abrams was preparing an invasion of Venezuela. He was appointed by president Donald Trump, who then held his first term, to deal with the Venezuelan case. I wanted to arrange a visit by elder officers of this country to Syria so that they could learn about the methods utilized by the Pentagon towards jihadists. Within a fewer hours I realized that the intellectuals invited by Nicolás Maduro did not realize absolutely anything of the geopolitical situation of that time. Surrounding president Maduro then prevented me from gathering with the army leadership. I met many diplomats and officers who seemed very competent and dissatisfied with the president. I met him, and I felt like I was talking to an actor, not a politician. This visit had no continuation.
Who is Nicolás Maduro?
Nicolás Maduro is simply a union activist who fought alongside Hugo Chávez. He became president due to the fact that Cuban doctors Chávez assured that he had appointed him as his successor. He was then vice president representing the current of his party. There are no witnesses to this scene. However, the "chavistovian" did not let themselves to question Cuba, a pattern of revolutionaries. They listened and they chose him. [Read Amendment below] Although not a charismatic figure, it has shown effectiveness in many areas, including the policy of maintaining order.
However, his country is in crisis. He left ruined oil installations and took no action to rebuild them. Prices were constantly rising and inflation reached 130,000% in 2018. It was hard to feed. Millions of Venezuelans emigrated and even fled their country. any of them later returned, but most remained abroad. He then liberalized the economy and opened casinos. This country, where Hugo Chávez raised a sense of nationality, provided alphabetization even in the most distant villages, created a real wellness service, introduced equality that did not be anywhere else in Latin America, became under its presidency a habitat of traders of all kinds and experienced a fast increase in social inequality. Many historical supporters of Chávez gradually cut off from Maduro.
Nicolás Maduro introduced a police regime, issuing identity documents, the alleged Carnet de la Patrie, tying the granting of social assistance to political affiliation. The years 2017-2019 were marked by violent repression against interior terrorism. Ordering forces utilized torture, but it is not known whether they were individual initiatives or state policy.
In 2020, during the first word of president Trump, Nicolás Maduro was accused in the United States of drug terrorism, which is simply a paradox, given that Venezuela under Chávez was declared by the United Nations to be a "drug-free state".
What is Operation Absolute Resolve?
We know small about the American Operation Absolute Resolve (Absolute determination). We only know what they're trying to tell us without verification.
All we know is that they organized a massive power failure and bombed 7 military centers in or close the capital while the air force entered the presidential residence and arrested Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores' attorney, erstwhile president of the National Assembly.
The only reports of the shooting active a clash between the presidential defender and American commandos. The guards consisted exclusively of Cubans. Venezuelan forces did not defy any resistance, which allows to presume that the army was in collusion with the American armed forces.
Under no circumstances was it an invasion of Venezuela or a change of regime.
Did the United States violate global law?
Most commentators claim that the United States has violated global law. This is simply a language abuse. global law is not a legal code. There are no universal rules. No police, no courts, no prison. It is simply a set of commitments that apply only to those who signed them.
However, for the United States – as for the European Union – it was Edmundo González Urrutia, not Nicolás Maduro Moros, who was elected in 2024. These elections were very controversial, for a reason. However, there is no uncertainty that Maduro has a majority in his country [1].
From Venezuela's point of view, the United States removed their elected president, while from the United States, Washington removed only a drug dealer who further usurped the presidency.
There was so no violation of global law, but only a conflict between 2 points of view.
Who is Delcy Rodríguez?
Vice president Delcy Rodríguez Gómez is the daughter of revolution leader Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, tortured to death by Venezuelan police in 1976. Very closely associated with Hugo Chávez, she collaborated with him within his government, serving in intelligence services and government secretariat. In 2002, president Hugo Chávez sent her to Europe, among another things, to meet me. That's erstwhile I met her and I liked her.
Her brother, Jorge Rodríguez Gómez, was vice president of Chávez's government, and now serves as president of the National Assembly.
In 2020 Delcy Rodríguez entered into conflict with Vice president of Syria and Venezuela Tarecki el-Aissam, who along with Nicolás Maduro was accused by the United States. El-Aissami was accused by the United States of corruption for providing passports to Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian personalities, including president Bashar al-Assad and members of his family. He yet resigned his post in 2023 and was arrested in 2024 by Prosecutor Tarek William Saab, brother of Venezuelan ambassador to Damascus. Venezuelan justice accuses him of organising a network of officials to misappropriate public funds to fund electoral campaigns. There's never been any individual gain.
During my journey in 2017, she welcomed me kindly, but did not give me a private audience, most likely due to the conflict with Tarecki el-Aissam.
Following the abduction of Nicolás Maduro Delcy Rodríguez, she was immediately appointed as interim president.
During the crisis with Tarecki el-Aissam clashed with Diosdado Cabello, besides accused in the United States in 2020 along with Nicolás Maduro. Cabello is simply a strong form of chavism. He would have replaced Hugo Chávez if it hadn't been for his Cuban doctors' testimony.
Is there a Los Soles cartel?
On July 25, the United States identified the Los Soles cartel as liable for drug trafficking and accused Nicolás Maduro of being its boss.
Drug marketplace experts agree that this cartel does not exist. This word refers to a group of elder officers recognized by stars (los sols) on uniforms.
These persons were allegedly to arrange for drug transit to finance the Lebanese resistance. In Lebanon, Hezbollah does not do drugs, but downloads zakat from local drug lords. Zakat is the equivalent of the taxation that Muslims pass on to their chosen targets.
The majority of Latin American governments are active in drug trafficking. This is the main origin of classified income. To date, the United States has chosen the cartels they have worked with and waged a ruthless war with the others. So Colombian Pablo Escobar initially collaborated with them before allying with left-wing revolutionaries and becoming the enemy of the DEA No. 1.
In 2000, I served as the Secretary-General of the planet Anti-Prohibition League, an organization that included over 500 parliamentarians and over 20 Nobel Prize winners. I assessed the plague of drugs-states and the ineffectiveness of drug wars. The only way to rebuild healthy societies is to educate people to control addictions. president Trump's efforts will so not produce much results, even if he manages to improve political relations between Latin America and the mediate East.
Are we witnessing the return of the empires?
Most commentators speculate on the possible return of empires. According to them, Donald Trump just invaded Venezuela, as Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, and Xi Jinping intends to do the same with Taiwan. This is simply a complete misunderstanding: president Trump did not invade Venezuela, but removed the drug dealer from it, president Putin did not invade Ukraine, but applied the Minsk Agreements and safety Council Resolution 2202 and president Xi pledged not to invade Taiwan unless this country declared independence.
It is indeed a fresh historical period, a period of multipolar planet formation, not the return of empires. Multipolarity, however, implies the restoration of global law and thus the abolition of global rules imposed during the Cold War, and after the dissolution of the USSR by the United States and G7.
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
One of my readers sent me a link to a movie I didn't know about. president Hugo Chávez himself appointed his Vice president Nicolás Maduro not only to service temporarily in the event of inability to exercise office but besides to be elected in his place.
See Chavez designó a Nicolás Maduro como sucesor.
[1] « Les mensonges de la presse sur l’élection présidentielle vénézuélienne », par Thierry Meyssan, Réseau Voltaire, 27 août 2024.
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