Venezuela & ALBA News 9.2.2025:
(Additional note from the Eco Solidarity Project and AFGJ: Please send an email calling for the UN to take action against a US invasion of Venezuela)
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TeleSur: President Maduro Addresses the World Over the U.S. Military Threat “The heirs of the old colonialisms and supremacisms hold power and still view our nations with contempt and arrogance…A global awareness is rising that will not allow, under any circumstances, the imposition of a new type of supremacism or colonialism, either in Our America or in the rest of the world…We fought against the sanctions and the blockade and defeated them… Today, Venezuela’s economic system is robust. We also fought and defeated the political blockade.” Maduro reaffirmed Venezuela’s position as a bastion of anti-colonialism and resistance, and highlighted that eight warships are targeting his country, carrying 1,200 missiles and accompanied by a nuclear submarine.
Former Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: The Great Lie of Branding Venezuela a ‘Narco-State’ The cooperation of the Venezuelan government in the fight against drug trafficking was one of the best in South America; it can only be compared to the impeccable record of Cuba. The data published in the 2025 World Drug Report, by the organization that I had the honor of leading, tells a story that directly contradicts the one spread by the Trump administration. The report dismantles, piece by piece, the narrative built around the “Cártel de los Soles” (Cartel of the Suns) an entity as mythical as the Loch Ness Monster. Venezuela, according to the UN, has established itself as free from the cultivation of coca leaf, marijuana, and similar products, as well as free from the presence of international drug cartels.
Only 5% of Colombian drugs pass through Venezuela. In 2018, while 210 tons of cocaine transited through Venezuela, Colombia produced or traded 2,370 tons—10 times more—and Guatemala 1,400 tons; Guatemala is a drug corridor seven times more important than the supposedly fearsome Venezuelan “narco-state.” Colombia produces more than 70% of the world’s cocaine. Peru and Bolivia account for the majority of the remaining 30%.
The European Drug Report 2025, based on real data and not geopolitical illusions, does not mention Venezuela even once as a route for international drug trafficking. This is the difference between an honest analysis and a false and insulting narrative. The United States needs to justify its oil policies, so it produces propaganda disguised as intelligence reports.
Maria Paez Victor: The Venezuelan and World Response to US War Threats
In Venezuela, there were several responses to this military threat: Venezuela quickly deployed its comprehensive defense shield, which is formidable. The country has the most powerful armed forces in Latin America, the only one capable of high-intensity conflict. Its military technology is cutting edge, Russian built, with a sophisticated, potent, air defense system having short, medium, and long-range capacity. The Venezuelan armed forces took up defensive positions immediately for the world to see.
There are 4.5 million people in the militias in Venezuela, which form part of the armed forces. These civilians have been trained, prepared, and armed. The government opened registration for anyone who wished to join the militias in defending their homeland, and the response of many thousands throughout the nation was overwhelming. The people, therefore, are armed, and are in close cooperation with its military.
There is a political unity never seen before. Venezuelans of every stripe are incensed at the US affront. In a country where the opposition rarely, if at all, praises the government, its diverse members have rallied around the government and unified in defense of the nation. President Maduro’s political situation has been strengthened in an extraordinary manner.
Russia, China, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Belarus, Iran, Brazil, and Turkey are some of the nations that have stated their support for Venezuela. Three significant supports are worth mentioning: One, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has categorically denounced the illegality of the US military presence and threat, saying: “We are never going to support the intervention by a foreign government in a sovereign country.” Two, the BRICS nations, the new geopolitical organization that has more than half the world in its axis, has backed Venezuela.
Three, Colombian president Gustavo Petro has announced that, “if Venezuela is attacked, the armed forces of Colombia will unite with the Venezuelan army to fight the invaders.” This unity of armies has not happened since the time of Simón Bolívar in the 19th Century, when the Venezuelan and Colombian armies were one, and together they liberated the continent of the Spanish empire. These were historic and profound words of President Petro. The combined armies would be formidable indeed against a US invasion.
Caitlin Johnstone: They’re Lying About Venezuela While Moving War Machinery Into Place The US empire lies about all its acts of war. Trump tried to orchestrate a regime change in Venezuela the last time he was in office, and he’s doing it again for the exact same reasons. It’s an oil-rich nation that refuses to bow to the dictates of Washington, and all the worst warmongers in the imperial swamp are eagerly pushing to absorb it into the folds of the empire. That’s all we are looking at here, and anyone who says otherwise is lying. And it’s always so stupid, because it’s just the same rehashed lies over and over again. The empire takes whatever actions will help it to dominate our planet and its resources to a greater extent than it already does, and then it makes up justifications for those actions.
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