A lot of people say that if you are not from Venezuela, you should stop talking about Venezuela. And yes, I get that. Venezuela is for Venezuelans and only Venezuelans can decide the fate of Venezuela. It’s completely true.
So here’s what doesn’t add up. Why are you guys celebrating a foreign country illegally kidnapping your head of state and interfere your internal politics? How does that make sense?
President Trump publicly talked about the U.S. “running” Venezuela for now.
“They’re helping Venezuela” is a sales pitch
A lot of people start repeating the right-wing rhetoric, Elon Musk, Trump, all that kind of stuff, saying the United States is helping Venezuela. Let’s be honest, let’s be real. The United States only did this because they want the oil. It’s not complicated. Removing the head of state helps them install a government that helps them extract the natural resources from Venezuela. You can watch how openly this is being framed around oil and control, not around normal diplomacy or law.
And if you keep talking about how the United States is coming here to help, stop and listen to the words coming out of their own mouth. When a superpower says it will “run” another country, that is not help. That is ownership.
If the purpose was to better life, you don’t need a military intervention
If the United States really wants to better life for the Venezuelan, if this is the starting point, the original purpose, to better life for Venezuelans, then I will support that purpose.
But you don’t need a military intervention to do this kind of stuff. You could do it with development, trade, humanitarian channels, and policies that do not turn Venezuela into a battlefield and a bargaining chip. And we don’t even need to mention the United States track record of foreign interference, right? I mean you all know that, right?
They cannot even help their own citizens. They cannot even provide proper health care, proper infrastructure for their own citizens. Why do you think they’re going to help you with that kind of stuff?
Why some Venezuelans still cheer
Let’s be fair to the people celebrating. Some Venezuelans see Maduro as illegitimate or oppressive. Some think any disruption is better than endless stagnation. Some are gambling that a forced break leads to elections or relief.
But that logic is still a gamble. It assumes the United States is acting like a neutral referee. It is not. It is a player with its own interests, and those interests do not magically align with ordinary Venezuelans just because the target is unpopular. And once you accept “foreign kidnapping fixes politics,” you are not choosing your future anymore. You are gambling it.
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