"Whatever else the US attack on Venezuela is ostensibly about oil, drugs, communism it's not about the freedom of the Venezuelan people. If Trump cared about that, he would not have lifted the temporary protective status of the roughly 600,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US, the very people fleeing the tyranny and economic instability he is now supposedly liberating them from."
"What if any of those Venezuelans object to the takeover of their country? Resistance is inevitable, experts say, whether by paramilitaries, disgruntled but not defeated Maduro supporters, or puppets of China, Iran or Russia. Will the colonial viceroys crack down? Amnesty International released a statement on Saturday expressing concern about potential escalation of human rights violations stemming either from additional US operations or from the Venezuelan government's responses to the US attacks."
"The opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is ready to return from exile and move directly to a new election, which she says she'd win handily. But Trump doesn't want an election, and he doesn't want Machado. Sources told the Washington Post he is still peeved that she failed to turn down the 2025 Nobel peace prize he wanted even though she says she'd gladly share it now."
US actions toward Venezuela combine rhetoric about oil, drugs, and communism with policies that contradict concern for Venezuelan freedom. Trump ended temporary protected status for about 600,000 Venezuelan refugees and deported 238 nationals, most without violent-crime convictions, some sent to El Salvador's Cecot torture chambers. The administration imposed travel restrictions or bans affecting 39 countries, including Venezuela and Iran. Experts predict inevitable resistance from paramilitaries, Maduro supporters, or foreign proxies. Amnesty International warned of possible human-rights escalations from additional US operations or Venezuelan responses. Trump has signaled willingness to deploy ground troops while political maneuvers favor certain Venezuelan figures over opposition elections.
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