We may not have a perfect answer to many questions on Venezuela front. But maybe, we do have a clear intuition:
When justice comes with an oil invoice, something is wrong.
María Corina Machado’s role in Venezuela’s crisis shows how powerful nations use local leaders for their own goals. For years she was seen as the face of the opposition, someone who could stand against Nicolás Maduro.
When U.S. forces attacked Caracas and kidnapped Maduro, her name was mentioned as a possible leader. But Donald Trump quickly dismissed her, saying she “doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country” and that it would be “very tough for her to be the leader.” He admitted she was not even consulted before the operation.
This shows how Washington treats allies. Machado was useful as a symbol for a short time, but once the U.S. had control, she was no longer needed. Like a pawn in chess, she was moved forward to give the appearance of Venezuelan choice, then pushed aside when the bigger strategy demanded it.
For Venezuelans, this was a painful reminder that their struggle is not really about freedom but about oil, power, and geopolitics. Even opposition leaders who fight against ruling systems are ignored when empire decides the rules. The future of Venezuela is being shaped in Washington and New York, not Caracas.
Machado’s experience is less about personal defeat than about what her treatment reveals. Trump’s blunt dismissal—that she lacked support and respect in Venezuela—showed that Washington never intended to let her lead. She became a symbol of how local figures, even those who fight for democracy, are sidelined once foreign powers take control. Her case highlights a larger truth: when empire intervenes, national voices are reduced to props, and sovereignty itself is the piece most easily sacrificed.
As evidenced by his January 2020 assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who led Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, and the US strikes on nuclear sites at the tail end of Israel’s 12-war against Iran in June, Trump is no isolationist. He is ready to use American military might in an aggressive but targeted fashion against adversaries, especially after repeated warnings.
(Times of Israel)
Iran, which expanded its influence over the Middle East as the US tried to disengage from the region in the wake of the long Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, has reason to be nervous after the raid.
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