(Almost)Everything You Need to Know About the USA's Attack on Venezuela

Early this morning, the USA’s fascist regime attacked the sovereign nation of Venezuela, where they kidnapped the leader of the country Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife. This article will not serve as a run-down of the events of this morning, which we released before our morning news update today, rather, this article intends to provide you with enough information to understand the situation on the ground, the reasons behind it, and what may come next.

The fascist US regime watches the attack from Mar-a-lago

We’re not trying to make you an expert on the topic of the assault, Venezuelan politics or the US regime, but we aim to provide you with enough information for you to understand the media coming at you at this turbulent time.

USA Attacks Venezuela, Venezuelan President Kidnapped

A note before we move on to our update. We do not support the Maduro regime in any way shape or form, this does not stop the attack this morning from being a horrific war crime that violated a number of international laws and killed dozens.

As we will explain, this attack was one designed to secure mineral and oil access, with some other factors. There is no world where the presence of a harmful dictator is a welcome mat to the arrival of a repressive and resource hungry regime to replace him.

Why did the USA attack Venezuela?

We can’t say for certain why the USA attacked Venezuela, and no one can truly claim to understand the thought process, or lack thereof, of one Donald J Trump. We can certainly say that the presence of the largest oil reserves on the planet have played a role in US politics before, and they certainly played a role last night and this morning. We can also directly say that the presence of rare minerals also played a role.

Regional control is also a piece of this puzzle, but not the full picture. The USA claims that regional security is important, but the reality is that the USA is not threatened by any nation realistically.

What absolutely did not play a part in this, was any care for the Venezuelan people. This is the explanation the US regime wants people to believe, and if it were true, the USA would be invading a number of countries to remove a dangerous and repressive dictator, including their own country. While the US president makes claims of defending Christians in Nigeria, they killed Christians themselves during their attack on the South American country. We will explore other reasons for the attack throughout this piece, but this is the broad stroke understanding.

Who will take control in Venezuela?

This is an easy enough question to answer on the surface, but as with any event as complicated as an illegal attack by a superpower, the current facts are subject to change.

For now, and hopefully until a free and fair election is held, Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the helm once held by Nicolas Maduro, in accordance with the Venezuelan constitution. At this time however, the true nature of the Vice President’s control is unknown, with a number of questions floating around, not least of all is the very real power vacuum that is floating around Venezuelan politics at the moment.

Rodríguez has been publicly defiant in the wake of the US attack, appearing publicly in calls for citizens to resist, unify and has offered her condemnation to the clear breach of international law by the USA.

What is unclear, and almost certainly designed to be unclear, is whether or not she is working with the USA. The US regime have made it clear that they want you to believe she is working with them on a plan to stabilise the country, but this can also be chalked down to a misinformation campaign to sow confusion in Venezuelan society, for this reason, we would suggest entirely dismissing this thought without further evidence.

A name that is notably missing from the paragraphs above is María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and awardee of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Trump outright rejected the possibility of Machado taking charge, stating that she was not popular enough in the country to act as a stabilising force. While her popularity within the country is hard to truly grasp, given the nature of Trump himself, it is more likely that he made this move as a form of punishment for her winning of the aforementioned peace prize. This is conjecture on our part, but we feel well rounded conjecture.

Legality: Congress, Executive Power, and International Law

U.S. Congress had not authorised this attack, as they legally should have before it could take place. Under US law the power to go to war does not sit with the president alone. Congress are there as the representatives of the public of the United States, in the democratic system they just invaded Venezuela to impose, apparently.

Internationally, the UN Charter prohibits the use of force against another state except in self-defence or with explicit Security Council approval. Venezuela did not attack the United States, not even the bizarre thoughts of an attack through drug dealing qualify as an attack, no matter how much the ruling regime make the claim. Kidnapping the leader of a sovereign country is an obvious act of aggression, and nothing can legally justify it.

When it comes to legalities though, the USA hasn’t ever marched in line with international law. Donald Trump disrespected international law, as so many U.S. presidents have done over time, not least of all homself.

There is something that is of dire importance to discuss here, and that is the nature of “President” Trump, and if he has shifted into dictatorship already. We have referred to him as a dictator since the moment he began dismissing judges orders in 2025, but we are admittedly biased on the topic. The topic isn’t so fringe anymore now, as another attack on a foreign nation without approval must force Americans to analyse whether or not they still have a democracy.

What happens to Maduro?

Maduro has already been transferred into U.S. custody and formally indicted, however, the Venezuelan president has not yet gone to trial. The charges themselves are narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine-guns and destructive devices and conspiracy related to weapons offences.

While Maduro should face up to charges in the ICC for crimes against the Venezuelan population, his trial in the courts of the USA make very little sense. Regardless of any of the logic, he will face trial in the USA, he will almost certainly be found guilty and he will go to a prison in the USA. Beyond there, he is simply at the mercy of the Trump regime.

Will the USA attack more countries?

I will keep this one as short as I can, as this is again conjecture. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Venezuela, members of the U.S. regime, and one spouse of a regime member, had made a series of either vague or direct threats to other countries on the American continent. One thing to note is that the precedent is now set, the USA has assaulted one country and deposed their leader, that will be used in any argument to attack other nations.

Colombia was the first to receive a threat, following their president’s condemnation of the American military activity, Mexico was next to recieve a threat, with Trump stating on Fox News that attacks against cartels in Mexico are not out of the question. When it came to a threat towards Cuba, there was a touch more realism. Trump stated that they may have to look at Cuba next, while Lindsey Graham posted on Twitter that the Cubans would have freedom soon.

Greenland was also on the other end of a threat, however, not from a regime member, but from the wife of one. Katie Miller, wife of Steven Miller, the man behind the Trump regime’s immigration push, posted a threat to Twitter that the Danish territory would ‘soon’ be a part of the USA.

What this means for Venezuelans in the USA

In one word: deportation.

The Trump regime has been very clear about how they feel about the presence of foreign nationals in their country, and this is a fact that must be considered in any conversation about Venezuela.

What we predict will happen soon, is Venezuela will be marked a safe country, regardless of whether or not it is safe for refugees to return, and any protective status offered to Venezuelans will be reversed, allowing the regime to add Venezuelans to the list of deportations. The move will eventually reduce the workforce even more, harm farmers in the USA and possibly put thousands of Venezuelan immigrants in the face of danger.

The Epstein factor

The Epstein files are a bigger piece of this puzzle than you may realise, and perhaps even a bigger part than we realise. The attack on Venezuela came on the same day that the US regime was due to explain redactions to the Epstein files that have been released, an explanation that has not arrived at this late time of writing.

The redactions is not the only piece of the puzzle that needs distraction however, as there are millions of Epstein files that have not been released to the public on the date required, December 19, and the U.S. leader is desperate for the public to talk about anything that is not the files. A final possible contributing factor from the Epstein files, is the presence of the word ‘lebensraum’ in a released email discussing Venezuela. While the email doesn’t offer a lot of context, the wider context, once known, may reveal further discussions about the fate of Venezuela with Trump’s best friend.

---