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Uncompromising Defence of President Maduro: From the
Heart
By Arnold
August
April 04,
2020 "Information
Clearing House"
- One should oppose the U.S. attempts to overthrow
Maduro by any means necessary, irrespective of what
one thinks of Maduro.
There was
never any doubt. However, February 4, 2019 in
Caracas, constituted an opportunity for me to
briefly shake hands with Nicolás Maduro, to
fleetingly gaze into the former bus driver’s humble
eyes, and then listen to him address a small,
intimate foreign delegation. In this unique setting,
one’s political and personal appreciation
skyrocketed to a new qualitative level. Today,
glancing (and cringing in anger it must be admitted)
at the false U.S. charges against Maduro, preferring
not to transcribe the ugly words on paper so as to
maintain the purity of the written sentiment already
almost impossible to put into words, the accusations
are patently unbelievable.
Analyzing
the phoney charges, not from the legal/judicial
point of view, but rather from a moral/political
optic, a person characterized by these false
accusations would be one who is completely
individualist. It would concern a person guided and
consumed by the unique and exclusive goal of serving
oneself by amassing a fortune. The pursuit of an
egotistical lifestyle driven by the goal of
accumulating the profits arising from the criminal
activities being alleged constitutes the epitome of
the values at the very base of capitalism and
imperialism. Part of that moribund system with no
future, now consumed by its own individualism,
indicating to what extent such selfishness may even
lead to self-destruction, and have no qualms at all
of bringing down others in its wake, as we saw in
World War II.
However,
the Nicolás Maduro I heard speak on February 4,
2019, from a very close vantage point, personified
the very opposite of individualism. The encounter
took place only a few weeks after the first coup
attempt led by the U.S. and the Lima group. He spoke
to us for about two hours. His complete devotion to
the cause of the Bolivarian Revolution, Venezuelan
sovereignty, the legacy and teachings of Commander
Hugo Chávez was unmistakable. The audience was
riveted, and as far as the author of these lines is
concerned, it could only be compared to the magnetic
attraction of a Fidel Castro, laced as it was with
Fidel’s style of sincerity and coherent logic, and
an appropriate mix of seriousness and humour.
As far as
the themes Maduro touched upon, one that stood out
that day and which takes on even more importance in
view of today’s false accusations, was Venezuela’s
civic-military union. This subject takes on further
significance now because it is central to the
success of Maduro’s stance since January 2019. It
has clearly frustrated the U.S. to the point of
taking this latest desperate step. Returning to the
Caracas meeting, Maduro took the audience through
what seemed to be every step of the meetings he had
held across the country, and an on-the-spot check-up
of all sectors of the armed forces, as well as with
the militia and local social organizations. It was
as if we were there with him. He embodied the notion
of being just one more soldier among the millions of
Venezuelans ready to give his life to defend their
cause.
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