As someone from Venezuela whose family has endured over two decades of dictatorship, poverty, and brutal hyperinflation, this entire framing feels disconnected almost absurd from what we’ve actually lived.
Referring to Nicolás Maduro as the “President of Venezuela” misses the point entirely. He didn’t win power he hijacked it. His regime has been marked by documented electoral fraud, suppression of dissent, jailing of political rivals, and the weaponization of military force to cling to control. That’s tyranny.
This wasn’t a war on Venezuela. This was about justice. About finally holding accountable the man who was in charge of the dismantling of a nation.
International law should serve to protect citizens and uphold democratic principles, not be twisted into a shield for dictators. When national institutions are rotted through, courts are puppets, and peaceful change is off the table, then external accountability is the last hope.
Saying this puts Venezuelans abroad in danger is a complete reversal of reality. What actually endangered us was the years of silence. The inflation that erased entire life savings overnight. The empty grocery stores and empty pharmacies. The exodus of millions. The fear of speaking out. We didn’t leave our country because we wanted to, we left because we had no other choice and we send money home because those we love had even fewer options.
Today, for the first time in a long while, Venezuelans are seeing something that’s been out of reach for years: the idea that no power is forever, and that even the worst regimes don’t last untouched.
Standing up for New Yorkers shouldn’t mean defending the architect of one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory. We didn’t lose safety today we lost it when the world turned its back.
Today, President Trump changed that and for that, many of us feel a long overdue sense of gratitude.
🚨UPDATE: In a historic celebratory development, millions of Venezuelans are jubilantly celebrating as socialism's grip ends after decades of oppression. The Maduro regime has collapsed in a U.S.-led operation, freeing millions from hyperinflation, starvation and narco-terrorism.
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This might be one of the most important documentaries that anyone can watch right now given current events and escalations between Hamas, Israel, Iran, and the US.
All wars are bankers wars.
If you are still caught up in the left vs right, Israel vs Palestine, Ukraine vs Russia narratives, treating geopolitics and war as if it's a football game where you are rooting for one side to win as the real moral authority, then you need to take 45 minutes out of your day to watch this in full.
I've shared this documentary already weeks ago and a lot of people saw it and appreciated it, but I think it's now more important than ever for as many people to see it as possible and to really understand the profound and eye opening truth behind those words, and how EVERY SINGLE conflict has had powers above it funding both sides with nefarious intent behind it and a broader agenda that is not in the true interests of the people.
I don't think any of what's happening right now is organic. I don't think Hamas getting into Israel to murder and capture civilians was a mistake, nor do I think the $6bil the Biden admin unfroze for Iran in exchange for hostages before the attack was a mistake either. They're constructing narratives right in front of us and we cannot just blindly believe them on surface level evaluation, especially when these narratives are being given by the establishment and MSM.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. You need to think like they do with strategy, perception, and propagandistic motivations in mind. You need to try and understand why they are presenting whatever information to the public and for what purpose. You need to question every action, every directive, every media spin.
Why is the narrative now shifting towards Biden admin causing this attack by releasing funds to Iran? Why is Lindsey Graham pre-emptively suggesting war with Iran in conjunction with this? What if this is designed to ensure Biden attacks Iran to cover his ass in giving them $6bil back?
Also...Why was there such a huge focus of attention on anti-semitism on X in the weeks leading up to this attack? Was that organic? or was that planned in advance knowing there would be an attack on Israel and perceptions needed to be pre-emptively put in place for justifying censorship?
Question everything. Assume conspiracy.
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