Stigmatization of Venezuelans: The new achievement of the fascist right

Published at: 28/03/2025 05:34 PM

Once again, the fascist right has attacked Venezuelans, this time against migrants, those who since 2014 bought into them the idea that they would be better off outside the country, because the Revolution closed the doors to their development, due to the sanctions and blockades they asked for.

This right wing, led by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, promotes and endorses the discrimination, exclusion and persecution currently suffered by our compatriots in the United States; this happens after destroying the economy, promoting more than 960 sanctions against our oil industry; thousands of Venezuelans left the country because of that provoked crisis and are now subject to mistreatment, harassment and criminalization of our kindness; just because they were born in this land.

A new affront, now directed at migrants, was based on the Foreign Enemies Act of 1798, in which we are no longer described as an “unusual and extraordinary threat”, but rather as “terrorist enemies within the United States”.

It was this argument that was used to kidnap 238 Venezuelans in the prison for terrorists called CECOT, in El Salvador. This act has enjoyed all the human, judicial and international irregularities; since the absence of criminal records of the kidnapped victims was confirmed.

Thus, we were able to hear the statements of the director of Human Right Watch, Juanita Gobertus, who accused the Donald Trump administration of “criminalizing Venezuelan migrants without any process” legal that shows that they are indeed criminals”.

It should be noted that prior to the kidnapping, US federal judge James Boasberg demanded that the US government explain what happened on the deportation flights, because he himself had suspended them until he reviewed his immigration status and criminal record in that country.

The response to the federal judge 's demand by US President Donald Trump was to request his dismissal, declaring to the media that “this lunatic judge of the radical, troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Obama, was not elected president, nor did he win a popular election”; in that same statement, Trump added regarding the application of the Foreign Enemies Act, which “I don't know when it was signed, because I didn't sign it, others did. Marco Rubio did a great job, he wanted them to leave and we approved it.”

The kidnapping was planned

Regarding this statement, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, explained last Monday on his Maduro+ program that “it must be said that those kidnapped in El Salvador on Sunday were planned, since last week, prior to the kidnapping, the United States suspended the Venezuelan flight that was going to pick up the migrants, claiming that there was a sandstorm”.

President Maduro stressed that “we were going to look for them on Friday, but they suspended the flight because there was a sandstorm, then on Saturday we had the plane on and they said: they cannot enter Texas because the sandstorm persists; surprise for us when on Sunday our migrants woke up humiliated, tortured and shoveled in El Salvador, is that democracy, justice and respect for human rights?”

Clearly, this sending of migrants to a prison in a third country, without any legal process, violates all international laws associated with respect for human rights and so far, the U.S. government has not issued statements justifying such absurdity.

During this aggression, as a people, we have had the support of sister countries and even representatives of the American Democratic Party who raised their voices against illegal deportations; and as has been demonstrated, sooner rather than later the Bolivarian Revolution will once again defeat and bring these brothers to their Homeland. Here we are waiting for you.

AMELYREN BASABE/Mazo News Team