"I have never seen the US government arrive in a desert to plant life. They always arrive to destroy."
Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez gave a master class on US sanctions policy in 2024
She connected it directly to Palestine: "The genocide against Palestine is an extension of the same policy—the destruction of humanity, exterminating peoples so that speculative capital survives."
What she said:
🔹 The US controls SWIFT, the international financial messaging system. Every global transaction flows through it. One button excludes any country.
🔹The hegemon uses unilateral coercive measures, so-called 'sanctions', as a means of extortion against countries that do not obey its instructions.
🔹26,000+ unilateral sanctions exist worldwide. 31 countries sanctioned—representing 28% of world population and 72% of Earth's territory.
🔹96% of sanctions are concentrated on 10 countries. Mostly oil and energy producers essential for the development of humanity.
🔹Venezuela lost access to 77% of its international correspondent banks "in one second"
🔹99% drop in national income. $232 billion in lost oil production. $700 billion total economic damage—comparable to WWII bombing of Germany and France.
🔹US State Department stated, 2018: "Our sanctions forced Venezuela to default... We are seeing total collapse. Our policy works."
🔹Citgo seized. $22 billion in assets frozen. Venezuelan gold stolen by Bank of England "because we don't know who the government is"
🔹The US-appointed "president" of Venezuela's Central Bank lives in Miami and runs a hamburger business. This is who they claimed should control Venezuela's gold reserves.
"International law does not govern. The only thing that governs is barbarism."
Maduro Court transcript:
Judge: Are you Nicolas Maduro Moros?
Maduro: I am the President of Venezuela. I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas.
Judge: Let me intervene. There will be time for this.
Judge: I only want to know—are you Nicolas Maduro Moros?
Maduro: Yes.
Judge: Have you been served the indictment?
Defense lawyer: We waive the public reading.
Maduro: I have it in my hands for the first time. I prefer to read it personally.
Judge: Anything you say may be used against you. I see you have counsel here, Mr. Pollack. If you cannot afford one, the government will provide a lawyer free of charge. Did you know of these rights?
Maduro: I did not know of these rights until now.
Judge: How do you plead?
Maduro: I am innocent. I am a decent man. I am President of Venezuela.
Defense lawyer: The plea is not guilty on all counts.
This is how Venezuelans speaking up for themselves against US imperalism and colonialism, so do not believe the propaganda about Venezuelans not backing Maduro and wanting US control of their country.
No country wants to be invaded by the US. They want sovereignty and peace.
i wonder how many of the venezuelan nationals who were murdered in this attack would have lived if either paper had published what they knew when they knew it
when Hugo Chavez destroyed and humiliated a Fox News propagandist hack and showed how the Zionist Western media class, who are again fabricating and laundering war propaganda against Venezuela and Iran, should be treated
They hate and villainize Maduro because they hate those who understand our struggles are universal; interconnected and interdependent; those who understand our enemy is one and the same— and have the audacity to confront it— this is what they want to stamp out.
They villainize Maduro because they hate those of our leaders who won't uphold American corporate and geostrategic interests; who refuse to comply or bow down to its hegemonic stranglehold.
They villainize those who won't allow their economies to be ravaged by foreign entities, and seek to preserve their resources for the benefit of its citizenry, not those in Washington or Wall Street. That is their crime. None of this has to do with drugs or freedom or democracy.
From Caracas to Gaza, Detroit to Kashmir, hasta la victoria siempre!
No American soldier who invades Venezuela deserves an ounce of sympathy. Not today, not 10 years from now when they’re complaining about their depression or disability they got from shooting kids, not 20 years from now when a movie about their trauma wins an Oscar. Never.
We need to start calling US soldiers baby killers again. It should be embarrassing to be a member of the US military. You serve pedophiles and oil companies
Huthaifa Al-Kahlout (Abu Obaida) quoted Imam Hasan Al-Basri, who said: "How many are there who strive in jihad yet never once carried a sword."
This statement shows that jihad is not just about fighting with weapons. The effort in Allah's path includes much more than actual combat, and not everyone needs to be a soldier on the front lines. Even one battle can need years or decades of planning and preparation beforehand. While thousands may fight directly, millions of others support them by doing different jobs that might seem small on their own, but together they are crucial to the overall success.
Martyr Abu Obaida: Huthaifa Samir al-Kahlout's master's thesis titled:
The Holy Land
Between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The full thesis can be read here:
https://t.co/edEFZjn4oW
Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Issa from
Jerusalem, commander of the special unit "101" in the Al-Qassam Brigades, released in the exchange deal negotiated by Hamas following 33 years of captivity in Israeli prisons.
🫡 Despite being barred from university education, Mahmoud authored six books during imprisonment and remained a central leader in the prisoners’ movement. (Quds News)
Survived two years of genocide. Spent every minute covering Israel's barbarity for the world to see. Poured his heart out to the world when everything seemed too overbearing. Did everything he could to make the children and the next generation around him feel safe.
Today, brave journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi from Gaza was gunned down in cold blood by members of one of the crime syndicates Israel has been funding, training and supplying.
Unbearable, unfathomable loss.
Please listen to and share his beautiful recitation of the Qur’an, as it may be counted as a sadaqah for him
May Allah grant him the highest level of Jannah