Maria Corina Machado explains to the press that Venezuela has been invaded for some time. Cutting off the country’s ties to Iran, cartels, and others is welcomed by the people of Venezuela.Â
Reporter: Yesterday, the U.S. seized a ship off the coast of Venezuela. Would you welcome a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela?
MarÃa Corina Machado: Look, some people talk about an invasion in Venezuela, the threat of an invasion, and I answer: Venezuela has already been invaded. We have Russian agents. We have Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas operating freely with the regime’s approval.
We have the Colombian guerrilla and drug cartels controlling 60% of our territory, involved not only in drug trafficking but also in human trafficking and networks of prostitution. This has turned Venezuela into the criminal hub of the Americas.
What sustains the regime is a very powerful, well-funded system of repression. Where does that funding come from? From drug trafficking, the black market in oil, arms trafficking, and human trafficking.
We need to cut those flows. Once that happens and the repression is weakened, it’s over, because violence and terror are all the regime has left. We ask the international community to cut those sources, because the regimes supporting Maduro and the criminal networks have turned Venezuela into a safe haven for their operations across Latin America.
Reporter: Yesterday, the U.S. seized a ship off the coast of Venezuela. Would you welcome a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela?
MarÃa Corina Machado: Look, some people talk about an invasion in Venezuela, the threat of an invasion, and I answer: Venezuela has already been… pic.twitter.com/viNJ6gDQuI
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Many people agree with the Peace Prize winner:
Machado correctly identifies the real invasion. Venezuela has already been overrun by Hezbollah, Iranian agents, Colombian guerrillas, and drug cartels, transforming the nation into the “criminal hub of the Americas”. The only thing keeping the socialist Maduro regime in power is the illicit money flow from organized crime and black market oil, not popular support.
She is right to welcome the U.S. pressure. Trump’s aggressive stance on seizing tankers and targeting the Cartel de los Soles, which is headed by Maduro himself, is the necessary strategy. You don’t negotiate with narco-terrorists; you cut their funding and let the system of repression collapse. This is not war; this is economic strangulation of a socialist criminal enterprise.
Machado correctly identifies the real invasion. Venezuela has already been overrun by Hezbollah, Iranian agents, Colombian guerrillas, and drug cartels, transforming the nation into the “criminal hub of the Americas”. The only thing keeping the socialist Maduro regime in power is…
— Saggezza Eterna (@FinalTelegraph) December 11, 2025