A very brave and smart woman who can take Venezuela in a positive and prosperous direction for the people of that nation.
Her essay will fall on deaf ears in the Democratic Party thanks to the vast empty space between their ears. After all, they’re trying to save the drug boats from harm dontchyaknow.
A criminal cartel has taken over my country, and its reach now extends into the United States.
Anyone who believes this is “just another authoritarian regime” is dangerously mistaken.
This is organized crime in power, armed and bankrolled by America’s enemies.
Across the hemisphere, narco-terrorist groups and the dictators who shield them are clawing for more control.
They don’t just threaten their own nations.
They weaken democracies, poison our societies and target the United States directly.
Nowhere is this clearer than in Venezuela.
My country was once the most prosperous in Latin America: rich in oil, gas, rare earth minerals, agriculture and unmatched biodiversity.
All of that was shattered when the Cartel de los Soles hijacked the state nearly 27 years ago.
Its bosses — Nicolás Maduro and his inner circle — stand accused of crimes against humanity and other grave atrocities.
They govern the country the way mobsters control territory: through fear, torture and the systematic destruction of the nation’s democratic pillars.
They sold our sovereignty to foreign partners: Castro’s Cuba, Colombian guerrillas, Iran, Russia — and took billions in financing from China.
They silenced the press, expropriated property, persecuted opponents and built an electoral fraud machine designed to keep them in power forever.
They weaponized migration and forced one in three Venezuelans to flee their homeland.
And from the beginning, they viewed the United States not as a distant power but as their primary target.
Since they cannot confront America militarily, they attack it asymmetrically: smuggling narcotics into US neighborhoods, spreading disinformation to divide Americans, paying lobbyists to warp US policy, backing hostile regimes and unleashing criminal groups like Tren de Aragua across the region.
They have also ceded Venezuelan territory to terrorist organizations and Iran’s operatives, giving US adversaries a safe haven just hours from American shores.
This network is already destabilizing cities and democracies throughout Latin America, and its reach is expanding north.
President Donald Trump understands this threat for what it is.
nypost.com
Her essay will fall on deaf ears in the Democratic Party thanks to the vast empty space between their ears. After all, they’re trying to save the drug boats from harm dontchyaknow.
President Trump is a champion in the fight for ‘Venezuelan freedom’
María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless fight to restore freedom in Venezuela and defeat the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. International observers say her party, the Venezuelan Democratic Movement, won last year’s elections overwhelmingly, yet Maduro has clung to power. Here Machado, her nation’s “Iron Lady,” writes from hiding to argue why the dictator must go — and why President Trump deserves thanks for his intervention.A criminal cartel has taken over my country, and its reach now extends into the United States.
Anyone who believes this is “just another authoritarian regime” is dangerously mistaken.
This is organized crime in power, armed and bankrolled by America’s enemies.
Across the hemisphere, narco-terrorist groups and the dictators who shield them are clawing for more control.
They don’t just threaten their own nations.
They weaken democracies, poison our societies and target the United States directly.
Nowhere is this clearer than in Venezuela.
My country was once the most prosperous in Latin America: rich in oil, gas, rare earth minerals, agriculture and unmatched biodiversity.
‘Hijacked’ nation
We were also a proud, stable democracy that welcomed millions fleeing war and misery.All of that was shattered when the Cartel de los Soles hijacked the state nearly 27 years ago.
Its bosses — Nicolás Maduro and his inner circle — stand accused of crimes against humanity and other grave atrocities.
They govern the country the way mobsters control territory: through fear, torture and the systematic destruction of the nation’s democratic pillars.
They sold our sovereignty to foreign partners: Castro’s Cuba, Colombian guerrillas, Iran, Russia — and took billions in financing from China.
They silenced the press, expropriated property, persecuted opponents and built an electoral fraud machine designed to keep them in power forever.
They weaponized migration and forced one in three Venezuelans to flee their homeland.
And from the beginning, they viewed the United States not as a distant power but as their primary target.
Since they cannot confront America militarily, they attack it asymmetrically: smuggling narcotics into US neighborhoods, spreading disinformation to divide Americans, paying lobbyists to warp US policy, backing hostile regimes and unleashing criminal groups like Tren de Aragua across the region.
They have also ceded Venezuelan territory to terrorist organizations and Iran’s operatives, giving US adversaries a safe haven just hours from American shores.
This network is already destabilizing cities and democracies throughout Latin America, and its reach is expanding north.
President Donald Trump understands this threat for what it is.
President Trump is a champion in the fight for ‘Venezuelan freedom’
María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless fight to restore freedom in Venezuela and defeat the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.
nypost.com
