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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Ready
to sacrifice his life? Yes, this is the
impression he left. Only several months later
there was in fact a U.S.-inspired assassination
attempt against him. However, he survived and
bounced back to work. In fact, since January
2019 and leading up to March 26, 2020, when a
bounty was placed on his head, just like in the
old Wild West, there has been an unprecedented,
non-stop media campaign, attempting to conduct a
political and psychological war against Maduro,
coupled with further coup attempts.
History has
catapulted Maduro into a unique position. He has
become, so to speak, a “martyr” in his own lifetime,
such is his heroic resistance to the U.S.-led
alliance aiming to smash him and the Bolivarian
Revolution. Thus, when Cuban colleague Iroel Sánchez
“nominated” Maduro as “Man of the Year” for 2019,
irrespective of Time magazine preferences, it rang a
bell. Maduro’s ability to seemingly enjoy the “cat’s
nine lives” throughout 2019 “endorsed” this
nomination. From January 2019 to March 26, 2020, how
many times was he supposed to have been eliminated?
The
evolution of this incessant U.S.-led offensive
against Maduro, and the heroic and historical
resistance, served to further embody the notion that
Maduro is completely and selflessly devoted to the
common good of Venezuela. It seems evident that
Maduro’s personal conviction is that he would die
only with a rifle in his hand defending Venezuela,
if it would ever come to that. This altruistic
quality is diametrically opposed to the selfish
individualism embedded in capitalism, which is the
basis of the type of charges falsely imputed to
Maduro.
Can anyone
seriously imagine that someone completely devoted to
the collective well-being of his people, including
making the ultimate sacrifice if necessary, would in
any way be involved in the alleged underground
illicit activities?
Does this
evaluation take the issue too far by personalizing
Maduro? It is obviously just to assert that one
should oppose the U.S. attempts to overthrow Maduro
by any means necessary, irrespective of what one
thinks of Maduro. However, on March 26, 2020, the
U.S., by putting a bounty on his head, is forcing
world public opinion to take a stand on Maduro. This
is a good situation because it forces the issue of
Maduro to emerge in public, front and center. The
historical evolution since Maduro was first elected
president in 2013, demonstrates that the leading
antidote to the U.S. goal of regime change for
Venezuela, is President Nicolás Maduro himself.
The author
of these lines has never been a great fan of those
who claim to defend the Bolivarian Revolution and
Venezuela’s right to self-determination and
sovereignty, while smuggling in establishment
buzzword narratives of “authoritarian government”
and “dubious elections” in reference to Maduro.” Of
course, they have a right to their opinion and their
verbal support for Venezuela’s right to
self-determination is most welcome. However, by
providing credibility to the U.S. narrative, does
this not do more harm than good, providing as it
does a “respectable” cover for the U.S. narrative as
a pretext foreign intervention? After all, in the
indictment, the very first sentence describes “the
former Maduro regime.”
Whether one
likes it or not, especially since the bounty has
been put on his head, the leadership which has
maintained Venezuela’s sovereignty is definitively
embodied in the person of Maduro. He also allows
Venezuela to go to any negotiating table from a
position of strength, rather than on its knees. As
far as progressives are concerned, is there a middle
ground between Maduro on the one hand and the
defence of Venezuela’s right to self-determination
on the other?
Why not
just tell the truth, turn the tables on the U.S. and
state that the alleged crimes against Maduro are
exclusive to the U.S. and its capitalist system,
from which the Bolivarian Revolution and its present
leader, Nicolás Maduro, are immune? History has
proven this. As the saying goes, the best defence is
an offence.
It is time
for Canadians to once again go on the offensive,
even in the current difficult conditions caused by
Covid-19. After all, it is obvious that the Trump
administration is sadistically counting on the
spread of the virus in Venezuela and the fact that
this Latin America country is fully dedicating its
resources, already hit by crippling U.S. sanctions,
to contain the deadly virus and save lives, sparing
no cost.
Venezuela
and its president are simultaneously engaged in a
war on two fronts, against the virus and now the
escalation of the March 26 indictment by the U.S. As
Canadians, we have to rise up to this historic
situation with its impact for Venezuela, Latin
America and indeed the world.
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