{"id":13014,"date":"2026-01-14T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=13014"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:39:54","slug":"venezuela-primero-la-libertad-y-despues-el-petroleo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/venezuela-primero-la-libertad-y-despues-el-petroleo\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela: Primero la Libertad y Despu\u00e9s el Petr\u00f3leo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Op-Ed by Jefferson D\u00edaz<\/em><\/p>\n

El consenso es claro: la mayor\u00eda de los venezolanos queremos libertad para nuestro pa\u00eds. Queremos que Venezuela regrese a la democracia. Una vez que la institucionalidad democr\u00e1tica sea restituida, podemos pensar en la industria petrolera.<\/p>\n

Desde el 3 de enero mucho se ha escrito sobre la incursi\u00f3n militar que realiz\u00f3 Estados Unidos en Caracas para apresar a Nicol\u00e1s Maduro con su esposa. Maduro, un autoritario que, con sus ac\u00f3litos, secuestr\u00f3 a Venezuela con mano dura violando Derechos Humanos, encarcelando a sus opositores pol\u00edticos, destruyendo el aparato productivo del pa\u00eds y llevando a la migraci\u00f3n forzada de m\u00e1s de 8 millones de venezolanos.<\/p>\n

Y aunque a\u00fan es temprano para evidenciar las consecuencias de que Maduro ya no gobierne Venezuela -recordemos que a\u00fan su c\u00fapula de confianza est\u00e1 en el poder y que desde la intervenci\u00f3n militar estadounidense arrecia la persecuci\u00f3n del r\u00e9gimen venezolano a sus opositores- muchas voces, en especial desde la izquierda mundial, despertaron de su letargo y ahora se elevan condenando las acciones del gobierno de Estados Unidos y exigiendo que no se roben los recursos naturales venezolanos. En especial, el petr\u00f3leo.<\/p>\n

Una izquierda que por a\u00f1os mantuvo un silencio ensordecedor ante las denuncias y advertencias que los venezolanos realizamos ante la comunidad internacional sobre lo que estaba pasando en nuestro pa\u00eds. Sobre la p\u00e9rdida, sistem\u00e1tica, de libertades esenciales, sobre las torturas y ejecuciones extrajudiciales de opositores pol\u00edticos y sobre la instrumentalizaci\u00f3n criminal que hizo el r\u00e9gimen de Maduro de los millones de migrantes venezolanos que llegaron a otros pa\u00edses de Am\u00e9rica Latina.<\/p>\n

S\u00f3lo cuando sus ideolog\u00edas se vieron afectadas, los l\u00edderes de la izquierda mundial elevaron su voz y ahora, tal parece, se preocupan por la soberan\u00eda y los recursos naturales de Venezuela. Olvidando, con una moral selectiva que es condenable, que desde hace a\u00f1os Venezuela ha estado vendida a chinos, rusos e iran\u00edes. Que nuestro petr\u00f3leo se regala a Cuba y que nuestra biodiversidad ha sido destruida, al sur del pa\u00eds, por mafias dirigidas por el r\u00e9gimen de Maduro que trafican nuestro oro, diamantes y colt\u00e1n al mejor postor.<\/p>\n

Sobre la acci\u00f3n militar que llevaron las fuerzas militares estadounidenses sobre Venezuela penden muchas dudas: violaci\u00f3n del Derecho Internacional, de la soberan\u00eda venezolana y un posible regreso de la doctrina Monroe, por ejemplo. Dudas que la administraci\u00f3n Trump deber\u00e1 disipar, pero sin olvidar un importante contexto: el gran responsable de este desenlace militar es el r\u00e9gimen de Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n

Por a\u00f1os a Maduro y su s\u00e9quito se les ofrecieron diferentes opciones para que Venezuela regresara a la democracia por la v\u00eda pac\u00edfica. Desde el reino de Noruega hasta Qatar se abrieron canales de negociaci\u00f3n entre representantes del r\u00e9gimen y de la oposici\u00f3n democr\u00e1tica venezolana para que nuestro pa\u00eds pudiera iniciar una transici\u00f3n sin dolor y sangre. M\u00e1s sangre de la que ya miles de venezolanos han derramado luchando por su libertad.<\/p>\n

Los venezolanos queremos libertad. Queremos democracia. Venezuela a\u00fan no es un pa\u00eds seguro, a pesar de la detenci\u00f3n de Maduro. Figuras claves de la represi\u00f3n como Diosdado Cabello y Padrino L\u00f3pez siguen en el poder y tienen a su disposici\u00f3n a bandas armadas civiles que desde a\u00f1os se han dedicado a perseguir y asesinar, con total impunidad, a personas que se opongan al r\u00e9gimen.<\/p>\n

La econom\u00eda est\u00e1 en ruinas, y tomar\u00e1 un buen tiempo para que se recupere, y los servicios b\u00e1sicos como el agua potable y la electricidad no funcionan -y en algunas partes de Venezuela ya no llegan- de una manera eficiente.<\/p>\n

Es muy pronto para evaluar si la acci\u00f3n militar de Estados Unidos signific\u00f3 el principio del fin de la dictadura que secuestra a Venezuela, pero lo cierto es que los venezolanos vemos con esperanza que tras tantos a\u00f1os de dolor nuestro pa\u00eds, por fin, comienza el largo camino hacia la libertad.<\/p>\n

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Op-Ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venezuela: Freedom First, Oil Later<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jefferson Day<\/em><\/p>\n

The consensus is clear: the majority of Venezuelans want freedom for our country. We want Venezuela to return to democracy. Once democratic institutions are restored, we can think about the oil industry.<\/p>\n

Since January 3rd, much has been written about the US military incursion into Caracas to arrest Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife. Maduro, an authoritarian who, along with his cronies, held Venezuela hostage with an iron fist, violating human rights, imprisoning his political opponents, destroying the country’s productive capacity, and forcing more than 8 million Venezuelans to migrate.<\/p>\n

And although it\u2019s too early to see the consequences of Maduro no longer governing Venezuela\u2014remember that his inner circle remains in power and that since the US military intervention, the Venezuelan regime’s persecution of its opponents has intensified\u2014many voices, especially from the global left, have awakened from their slumber and are now condemning the actions of the US government and demanding that Venezuela’s natural resources, particularly oil, not be stolen.<\/p>\n

A global left that for years maintained a deafening silence in the face of the denunciations and warnings that Venezuelans made to the international community about what was happening in our country. About the systematic loss of essential freedoms, about the torture and extrajudicial executions of political opponents, and about the criminal exploitation by the Maduro regime of the millions of Venezuelan migrants who arrived in Latin American countries.<\/p>\n

Just now, after their ideologies got threatened, it seems that the global left realized their concern about Venezuela’s sovereignty and natural resources. They conveniently forget, with a reprehensible selective morality, that for years Venezuela has been sold to the Chinese, Russians, and Iranians. That our oil is given away for free to Cuba and that our biodiversity has been destroyed, in the south of the country, by mafias directed by the Maduro regime, who traffic our gold, diamonds, and coltan to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n

Many questions surround the military action carried out by US forces in Venezuela: violations of international law, violations of Venezuelan sovereignty, and a possible return to the Monroe Doctrine, for example. These are questions the Trump administration must address, but without forgetting an important context: the regime of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is largely responsible for this military outcome.<\/p>\n

For years, Maduro and his entourage were offered various options for Venezuela to return to democracy peacefully. From the Kingdom of Norway to Qatar, channels of negotiation were opened between representatives of the regime and the Venezuelan democratic opposition so that our country could begin a transition without pain and bloodshed\u2014 without more blood from the thousands of Venezuelans who have already shed blood fighting for their freedom.<\/p>\n

Venezuelans want freedom. We want democracy. Venezuela is still not a safe country, despite Maduro’s arrest. Key figures of repression like Diosdado Cabello and Padrino L\u00f3pez remain in power and have at their disposal armed civilian gangs that for years have been dedicated to persecuting and murdering, with total impunity, people who oppose their regime. The economy is in ruins, and it will take a long time to recover. Basic services like drinking water and electricity don\u2019t work effectively.\u00a0It\u2019s too early to assess whether the US military action marked the beginning of the end for the dictatorship that has Venezuela in its grip, but what is certain is that Venezuelans look with hope as, after so many years of suffering, our country finally begins the long road to freedom.<\/p>\n

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