Comments:United States capture Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro
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who’s next?
who do you think they’ll go after next if any?
what about other countries like china? will they see this as a permission to go after taiwan ~2025-44160-09 (talk) 09:21, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
- Depends on budget, I was told some time ago that if a country government has an excess of budget then it is more likely to go to a war. Gryllida 05:26, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
Cautious Optimism / Critique
While Venezuelans are optimistic about the future of their country, they know that something worse can happen. For me, I see it as a lose-lose situation. It's either America puts a leader that is so right-wing that the country's already fragile democracy (if there was any to begin with) will be wilted away, resulting in a cycle of vicious suppression of oppression or that the PSUV, which was already corrupt to begin with, using the ideology of socialism to cover up its tracks, comes back to power. Also, this was done illegally. If it had gotten through Congress, and approved, I would have understood the reason why as to it happen, though I would still stand opposed to this.
This should not have happened at all, period. Blue.Jay2506 (talk) 01:44, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm curious about key points of the captured president and key points of opposition. You saying the opposition is more right wing? And what does it mean for their oil industry now? Gryllida 05:25, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
- I shall admit that I need to look into this issue more in historical contexts. However, I should state that this is what I say. Maria Corina Mochado is the leader of an opposition party called Vente Venezuela (VV) or Come Venezuela in English. The party has said they are a centrist party, however, they have policies that align them to center-right policies. When it comes to Mochado saying she wanted to give Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, it comes to me as a great disappointment. To me, this gives me some inferring to do. To me it seems like VV wants Trump to take over Venezuela and install a leader who is right-wing so that VV can come to power. As for the oil industry, it is clear that America, and Trump specifically, want that oil. They no longer hide this notion. This is about the oil that Maduro wanted to nationalize if he did not do so already. We can look at an example of this in history when Salvador Allende, who led a socialist party that managed to get the literacy rate of Chile, expansion of education, universal healthcare, etc.. Allende wanted to nationalize the oil industry in order for Chile to have ownership of the oil. The U.S. saw this as a danger and helped with a coup d'etat that overthrew Allende, and rose Augusto Pinoche into dictatorial power. I am only saying my concerns out of historical context and of potential pessimism, as I am not confident in what Trump is doing at all. Blue.Jay2506 (talk) 12:23, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oh I see. Nationalizing oil is an interesting new concept for me. How come they do not like it, would it make it harder for Trump to secure some deals or what? Gryllida 12:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- Nationalization means that the state will control over the certain industry. In Venezuela's case, they wanted to nationalize the oil industry to keep the oil for their country only. The U.S. would not make profits off of the oil since it all belongs to the United States. Ever since the new acting president came into power, she opened the oil industry for privatization, in which the U.S. has recently scored a half a billion dollar deal over that. So yes, nationalization would have made it harder for Trump to make deals or gain profits. Blue.Jay2506 (talk) 00:23, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oh I see, this is interesting concept. Thank you for elaborating about it. Gryllida 01:46, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
- Nationalization means that the state will control over the certain industry. In Venezuela's case, they wanted to nationalize the oil industry to keep the oil for their country only. The U.S. would not make profits off of the oil since it all belongs to the United States. Ever since the new acting president came into power, she opened the oil industry for privatization, in which the U.S. has recently scored a half a billion dollar deal over that. So yes, nationalization would have made it harder for Trump to make deals or gain profits. Blue.Jay2506 (talk) 00:23, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oh I see. Nationalizing oil is an interesting new concept for me. How come they do not like it, would it make it harder for Trump to secure some deals or what? Gryllida 12:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- I shall admit that I need to look into this issue more in historical contexts. However, I should state that this is what I say. Maria Corina Mochado is the leader of an opposition party called Vente Venezuela (VV) or Come Venezuela in English. The party has said they are a centrist party, however, they have policies that align them to center-right policies. When it comes to Mochado saying she wanted to give Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, it comes to me as a great disappointment. To me, this gives me some inferring to do. To me it seems like VV wants Trump to take over Venezuela and install a leader who is right-wing so that VV can come to power. As for the oil industry, it is clear that America, and Trump specifically, want that oil. They no longer hide this notion. This is about the oil that Maduro wanted to nationalize if he did not do so already. We can look at an example of this in history when Salvador Allende, who led a socialist party that managed to get the literacy rate of Chile, expansion of education, universal healthcare, etc.. Allende wanted to nationalize the oil industry in order for Chile to have ownership of the oil. The U.S. saw this as a danger and helped with a coup d'etat that overthrew Allende, and rose Augusto Pinoche into dictatorial power. I am only saying my concerns out of historical context and of potential pessimism, as I am not confident in what Trump is doing at all. Blue.Jay2506 (talk) 12:23, 18 January 2026 (UTC)