Who Is Nicolás Maduro And Why Washington Kidnapped Him
On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most open acts of imperialist aggression in the recent history of Latin America. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and kidnapped its democratically elected president, Nicolás Maduro, along with Cilia Flores.
This was not a covert operation or a proxy maneuver. It was a direct assault on Venezuelan sovereignty, carried out openly and justified after the fact through executive fiat and imperialist bravado. The target was not simply an individual president, but the right of an oppressed nation to determine its own political and economic path.