By Timothy Alexander Guzman
Silent Crow News
October 24, 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize is officially dead. It was good news that the Norwegian Nobel committee did not award the warmongering US president, Donald Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize, but they still managed to hammer the last nail in their coffin by awarding one of the main right-wing opposition leaders in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, a long-time far-right "political activist" who for years has asked every US president since 1999 to lead a coup against the late Hugo Chavez and the Nicolas Maduro-led governments.
There is an agenda behind his highly controversial Nobel Peace Prize win as Venezuela's Telesur news agency explains why the decision was made to normalize the idea of the US government to wage a "freedom war" against Venezuela:
A firestorm of international criticism has erupted, creating a significant Nobel Peace Prize controversy following the award to Venezuelan political figure María Corina Machado. The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity issued a powerful statement from Caracas, condemning the decision as a "cynical escalation" within a U.S. "war operation" against Venezuela.
The declaration, signed by prominent progressive cultural and activist figures, describes the prize as a "premeditated maneuver" within a hegemonic discourse. It aims to normalize a narrative of invasion disguised as a "freedom war" in the collective imagination, the statement alleges
So how can the world ignore a newly crowned "peace" activist who wants nothing more than democracy and freedom from an "evil dictator" who is destroying her country, at least that's what the regime in Washington, DC and the radical right-wing opposition in Venezuela are thinking. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Machado has received the prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights" and for the "struggle for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," so they decided to become a propaganda mouthpiece for the US government in hopes of removing the Maduro government, therefore, by making this horrible choice, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has managed to become the laughing stock of the world.
The Road to War?
Washington's push to start a new war in Latin America is not about spreading "freedom or democracy" or whatever else they claim, it's about oil and Wall Street controlling Venezuela's economy. The Venezuelan people believe that they are sovereign nation and that its up to them, not Washington or anyone else to decide who will lead their nation. A report on a recent national survey in Venezuela shows that the people believe in their nation's sovereignty:
A recent national survey by Dataviva reveals that the Venezuelan people are united in their defense of their national sovereignty. The poll, conducted between September 1 and 15, also shows a notable increase in affinity toward Venezuela's constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro, attributed to his handling of recent US aggression.
The pollster's study reveals that nearly nine out of ten citizens (89%) believe that Venezuela is a sovereign country that cannot be threatened by any foreign power. Only 11% disagreed with this statement
Now the Trump regime came up with a new excuse to launch a war by accusing Venezuela of smuggling illegal drugs such as "fentanyl" into the US, but didn't they blame China and then Mexico for shipping in the deadly drug? Venezuela was never mentioned, in fact, according to the US government-based Congressional Research Service (CRS), it was supposedly "China and Mexico" who was smuggling illegal drugs into the US market:
Since approximately 2019, Mexico has reportedly replaced the People's Republic of China (PRC, or China) as the main source of U.S.-bound illicit fentanyl. As a major production and transit country for other U.S.-destined illicit drugs, Mexico has long been a key collaborator in U.S. drug control policy. With Mexican criminal groups becoming the primary producers of illicit fentanyl, U.S. counternarcotics policy shifted to focus mainly on addressing synthetic opioid production, the trafficking and diversion of precursor chemicals, and dismantling organized criminal groups engaged in such activities. U.S. policy continues to emphasize law enforcement cooperation to target key organized crime figures in Mexico and to combat crimes such as arms trafficking and money laundering, which often facilitate the trafficking of synthetic opioids
In Trump's comical UN speech, he said that Venezuela was importing "fentanyl":
For this reason, we've recently begun using the supreme power of the United States military to destroy Venezuelan terrorists and trafficking networks led by Nicolás Maduro. To every terrorist thug smuggling poisonous drugs into the United States of America, please be warned that we will blow you out of existence. That's what we're doing. We have no choice. We can't let it happen. They're destroying, I believe we lost 300,000 people last year to drugs, 300,000, fentanyl and other drugs. Each boat that we sink carries drugs that would kill more than 25,000 Americans. We will not let that happen
Clearly, it's about the oil. Since 2023, it is estimated that Venezuela has more than 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. Executives from Big Oil conglomerates have been licking their lips for a chance to get their hands on Venezuela's oil since the late Hugo Chavez became the president. If the US starts this war, it's not about fighting for freedom or stopping the flow of drugs, it's all about who will control all of that oil.
Why the US Military Will Face Another Vietnam in Their "Backyard"
On October 8th, The New York Times reported that more than 10,000 US troops are in the colonial territory of Puerto Rico, some troops are also on naval battleships and on a submarine in the Caribbean Sea awaiting Trump's orders:
The Gulf Arab nation Qatar is trying to act as a mediator in the conflict between the United States and Venezuela, even as President Trump continues building up military forces in the Caribbean and striking civilian boats, according to three people with knowledge of Qatar's diplomacy.
Qatar's efforts have been encouraged by the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolás Maduro, but they have not been embraced by the Trump administration, which appears more focused on military options than on diplomacy.
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior U.S. military official said. Troops are also on eight surface warships and a submarine in the region
However, if the US government and the pentagon believe that they can defeat the Venezuelan military and the civilian militia, but they might have to look back at the history of the Vietnam war. The US military had engaged the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army who used unconventional tactics such as Guerrilla warfare that involved hit-and-run tactics, the extensive use of underground tunnels and other traps set up by the Vietnamese resistance made it a difficult task for the US military to achieve any form of victory.
Venezuela will develop a form of resistance to a US invasion because they can use the same tactics as the Viet Cong. Keep in mind that Venezuela does have a smaller military force with only 123,000 active members with another 220,000 paramilitary forces, and we must add the civilian militia that can exceed 8 million people ready to defend their homeland.
However, Venezuela's military does not have the same capabilities that the US military has since Washington spends most of its taxpayer's money on the Military-Industrial Complex, so its no surprise that the US is stronger, at least on paper. But that was the same argument before and during the Vietnam war and most recently, the war in Afghanistan. Vietnam and Afghanistan had less advanced military, weapons and capabilities which meant that they were at a disadvantage militarily speaking, yet they still managed to defeat the US military. Can the same thing happen to today's US military if they decided to invade Venezuela? The answer is yes.
The Consequences of a US Invasion of Venezuela
Not only would the Venezuelan people be willing to fight, so will the rest of Latin America. Venezuela would be a rallying point for all Latin American revolutionaries whether in Central or South America and in the Caribbean, a new call to remove all US military assets in the region will take center stage. Latin American governments under Washington's control will also have serious problems with their own citizens, therefore, mass protests would erupt leading to violent clashes between governments and their people. The situation in Latin America would become a powder keg of anti-US sentiments.
Russia, China, Cuba and Nicaragua would support Venezuela, and some of these governments would even send weapons and possibly military personnel as advisors. Then there's always the possibility that if the US were to attack Venezuela, many revolutionaries, anti-imperialists and others all over Latin America would be ready to mobilize and fight the US empire.
Colombia's president also said they will back Venezuela at all costs. On August 20th, Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned Trump that any incursion into Venezuelan territory would be a regional disaster for US invading forces,
"The president warned that an invasion of Venezuela could cause a civil war similar to the one that has destroyed Syria since 2011. The civil war also led to spillover conflict in neighboring countries like Iraq and Lebanon." Petro said that "The gringos are in trouble if they think invading Venezuela will solve their problem. They're putting Venezuela in the same situation as Syria, only with the added problem that they're dragging Colombia into the same mess."
It has been reported that Trump has suspended aid to Colombia claiming that Petro "is an illegal drug leader," Trump further criticized the Colombian President by saying that
"Petro, a low rated and very unpopular leader, with a fresh mouth toward America, better close up these killing fields immediately, or the United States will close them up for him, and it won't be done nicely."
Trump's aggression is not new; it started with all previous US presidents since the day Hugo Chavez was elected to office in 1999 and changed the dynamics of Venezuela's economy. Chavez and the Bolivarian revolution managed to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and other natural resources, therefore, the US government and its Big Oil executives became hostile and wanted regime change, but they were unsuccessful with a failed coup attempt against Chavez in 2002 and Maduro in 2020, so it was just a matter of time before they would start taking about starting a new war to "take-out" the Maduro government.
The "War on Drugs" is not about drugs; it's about the oil. If the US government and their self-proclaimed "Peace President" decides to start another war, it will be an endless war, but this time in their so-called "backyard."
The original source of this article is Global Research.