The entire Venezuelan people are showing courage in defending their sovereignty, writes MORENA deputy Magdalena Rosales Cruz.

This editorial by Magdalena Rosales Cruz originally appeared in the December 22, 2025 edition of El Sol del Bajío. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of Mexico Solidarity Media or the Mexico Solidarity Project*.*

In all traditional media and social networks, the name of a country appears continuously: “Venezuela”, its current name is “Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”, which is threatened today more than ever by the military power that has been the most harmful to the entire planet: the United States of America.

Venezuela is a peaceful country located in southern Latin America. Its coasts are bathed by the Atlantic Ocean and the beautiful Caribbean Sea, providing tourist areas on its islands and mainland beaches. Abundant marine life has traditionally been a source of fishing activity. Its natural resources are vast, including mineral resources of all kinds and an abundance of freshwater from both continental and oceanic sources.

MORENA deputy Magdalena Rosales (second from right), who played a pivotal role in exposing & confronting Pedro Haces’ attempt to re-start a friendship group with israel earlier this month, was recently in Venezuela attending the Peoples Assembly.

The main material wealth of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is its oil, where one of the most important reserves of heavy crude oil on the planet is found, with great global demand.

Since the discovery of oil fields, American companies have taken control of their extraction and commercialization. Despite nationalization, through the imposition of elected and imposed rulers via dictatorships and rigged pseudo-democratic processes, the United States maintained control of Venezuelan oil and also controlled the country’s economic policies, transforming it into a mono-productive territory, lacking industrial development and even agricultural and livestock sectors, and therefore dependent on importing consumer goods.

One of the decisions with an impact to this day is that the governments controlled by the empire did not build refineries in Venezuelan territory, but instead, the state oil company PDVSA bought different refineries and terminals in the United States of America, Germany and in Caribbean islands.

An oil-based economy did not bring abundance to the population; on the contrary, the external debt increased. Poverty grew exponentially. Large slums sprang up in the cities, primarily in the capital, Caracas, while at the other extreme, wealth became concentrated in the hands of a few families.

In February 1999, Hugo Chávez came to power in Venezuela after winning the 1998 elections on an anti-oligarchic platform and a platform of change.

The Bolivarian Revolution began, bringing about significant social changes and transformations in the structures of political power. A new constitution was approved by popular vote, and missions were implemented to advance development programs in various sectors, including health, education, housing, and street lighting, all financed by oil revenues. This consolidated the president’s popularity and, consequently, his government.

His reforms also provoked internal opposition from all those families and internal and external sectors that lost their privileges.

The reaction of the US-backed opposition was so intense that they staged a coup that lasted only 48 hours, but the massive response from the population was swift and, together with the army loyal to the institutions, peace was restored.

Today, President Nicolás Maduro Moros governs the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The country is at peace, which is the most valuable thing for a people. There is economic prosperity despite the more than 100 sanctions imposed by the United States. There is joy in anticipation of Christmas. The entire Venezuelan people are showing courage in defending their sovereignty.

Every town has its history, and as our president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reminded us, in the words of the illustrious Don Benito Juárez: “Among individuals as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.”

And we say no to war, yes to peace. No to US intervention in Venezuela.

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