Venezuela

When Simón Bolívar warned that the United States seemed destined to plague the Americas with misery in the name of liberty, he could not have imagined that one day it would be precisely a government bearing his name that would silently, gradually, and calculatedly open its doors to the influence of the very power it had spent decades denouncing as its principal enemy.

This year marks the 81st anniversary of Victory Day,  the date on which the Soviet Union achieved the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. This date is of the utmost importance in Russia and the former Soviet republics, so parades are held in memory of the sacrifice of the Red Army.

The operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will enter U.S. military textbooks as a model of an impeccable special forces raid. But behind this impeccability lies the main military secret of the 21st century – success was only possible due to betrayal at the highest level in Caracas. Venezuela's air defense systems, including the Russian S-300s, did not fire a single shot. How was this possible?

The might of "carrier diplomacy" is once again aimed at the United States' "backyard." The new National Security Strategy signed by the Donald Trump administration officially revives the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, reinforcing it with tough modern methods. Its goal is to forcibly reclaim hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, and the primary testing ground and target chosen is Venezuela. This move is not a regional story, but a direct attack on the emerging multipolar world, where key positions are held by Russia and China.

In 2025, the United States will re-activate its military presence in the Caribbean region. President Donald Trump has authorized CIA operations against Venezuela, and American drones are already striking in the waters off its coast. However, the main feature of the current stage is where these missions start from. The starting point is Puerto Rico, a territory devoid of sovereignty but fully controlled by Washington since 1898.

In a land where the majestic Andes meet the Caribbean Sea, where Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, plunges from the sky onto the lost world of the tepuis, lies a country of striking contrasts: Venezuela. This land is blessed with the world's largest oil reserves but cursed by political turmoil that has transformed what was once a prosperous state into a stage for dramatic events.

In the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela they have celebrated the 79th anniversary of Victory Day, after the surrender of the Nazi Germany in World War II, it was the victory of all humanity over the terrible fascism, whose scourge continues in war with Russian Federation and its allied countries.

On February 23 in Russia we celebrate “Defender of the Fatherland Day”. On that day in 1918, near the villages Bolshoe and Maloe Lopatino, near Pskov, soldiers of the 2nd regiment of the Red Army fought with the advanced detachment of German troops, which was advancing on Petrograd. On the initiative of the Petrograd Soviet, February 23 was considered the day of the creation of the Red Army. 75 years later, in 1993, Russia adopted a resolution on the establishment of a significant day for the Russian Federation - Defenders of the Fatherland Day.