The year 2026 started with a bang! We were awakened in the wee hours of Saturday January 3rd with a thunderous slap across the face as we heard that the US military’s elite Delta forces had kidnapped the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, from the heart of Caracas, the capital, and flown them out of the country. The news left us stunned, as it felt out-of-this world. The blatant show of force displayed by the American military and president seemed uncalled for. Yes… it showed amazing precision, all done within a few hours, over the weekend so as not to perturb the financial markets too much.

The excuse given by the Americans to strangle Venezuela and abduct its president, i.e. that it is a narco-terrorist state is simply that, an excuse. It is no secret that Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, and it is also no secret that American governments from right to left (from Bush to Obama) have been trying to topple the Venezuelan government since Hugo Chavez gave their oil companies the boot and nationalized the country’s oil reserves. Venezuela sits atop an estimated 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, about 17 percent of the global total and more than Saudi Arabia, whose reserves stand at about 267 billion barrels. Moreover, Venezuela, as a member of the BRICS was planning to trade entirely in other currencies, which would have signaled the end of the dollar!

This show of force is nothing new, whether it is from the Americans or the Europeans… remember the joint NATO attacks on Libya in 2011 which destabilized the entire North and West regions of Africa and where we heard Hillary Clinton’s cackling after Colonel Gaddafi was killed; or the bombing of the Ivory Coast presidential palace in 2011 when the president and his wife were paraded in front of world cameras; or even the capture of Manuel Noriega of Panama by American forces which happened coincidentally (probably not) on January 3, 1990. It is good to note that, as admitted by HRC herself, Gaddafi was killed because he was about to launch the gold dinar, a currency that would have been adopted over all of Africa, thus providing an alternative to the FCFA in Francophone Africa, and eventually replacing the mighty dollar in trading. Thus, there are strong similarities between the fall of Gaddafi, and the abduction of Maduro: the end of the dollar as the mighty currency used by all to trade for oil.

The present kidnapping of president Maduro also makes us wonder how this could have been possible in just a few hours, without the presence of “The Cancer of Betrayal” our comrade Amilcar Cabral talked about. A Cancer of Betrayal which may have lingered in the heart of the Venezuelan security and state. After many years of embargo imposed on the country by the US and its cronies, money can sway many.

These actions highlight a few things. It is clear to ALL that the United Nations should either be dissolved or re-thought to serve ALL interests: it is an organization that only serves the West’s interests, the powerful North, against the South. In a statement, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General said “Independently of the situation in Venezuela [Guterres has previously questioned the legitimacy of Maduro’s leadership – yet he never questioned our numerous leaders who were elected with numbers out of this world] , these developments constitute a dangerous precedent. The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the importance of full respect – by all – of international law, including the UN Charter.” It is also clear to ALL, that there is no international justice… that justice works only against those of the global south who serve the interests of their people. There is no such thing as “The International Community.” It is also clear that international diplomacy or the stick to beat the weak, has been exposed for all to see… There is no international law, no respect of territorial integrity, and definitely no political independence of states. We, Africans of the global South, already knew that we were not independent, but now, even the blind can see. We have entered the era of the Far West, where the strongest can claim justice for themselves, and use the MSM to fabricate lies and tarnish, and then abduct presidents of other places. There are so many bad presidents out there, but given that they are good puppets of the West, nothing happens to them.

There are quite a few articles on the events in Venezuela, including, The petrodollar at war, Petrodollar power play, Venezuela after Maduro, and US removal of Maduro has potential to reshape global oil market… and thousands of others out there.

The message to any sensible and respectful leader is clear: beware! and more importantly strengthen yourself… for no one can face a bully without protecting oneself. This is the era of the Far West, stay alert!