ESTRATEGIA, GEOPOLÍTICA Y SEGURIDAD DE USA

Ajouté : 2026-05-16

[00:00:03]Good evening, welcome viewers from Venezuela and the world.

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[00:02:05]Welcome, my esteemed admiral.

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[00:02:10]How are you?

[00:02:11]Good evening, Ivan. Thank you again for the invitation and a fraternal and supportive greeting to your audience on Fridays and throughout the week that you are on air. We are going to try to interpret some things that are happening in the geopolitical, political, internal sphere and what is happening beyond the Atlantic borders of the United States.

[00:02:37]That's how it is. Well, look at this, I titled the program " Geopolitical Strategy and US Security," but we want to know if this strategy, this geopolitics that the Donald Trump administration has put forward, and this security, is only for the United States of America or if it's for other parts of the world, such as the European continent, the Asian continent, the Arab region, where there are so many problems with Iraq or with all of Latin America, because in his campaign he said that he was going to make America great, and to be able to make America great he has to solve a series of problems that exist throughout Latin America. Especially after an intervention that took place on January 3, 2026 in Venezuela, and which citizens complain about, saying they have seen and thanked him for removing Maduro, but they have not seen any changes, they do not feel any changes. That's what the citizens say. On one hand, politicians talk about how, well, what they want are elections, and it seems that the Venezuelan political class is playing a negotiation with the regime either to survive or to try to get Donald Trump out now and get us to agree like there was before the two-party system, and here they even take turns in power. We want to know that because, look closely, the United States of America has a presence all over the world and is making specific interventions.

[00:04:17]Venezuela and Iran have already warned Cuba, so why not Nicaragua? So, I want to hear your opinion on this to see what your response is to what the average citizen is raising, which I think is the most important opinion because politicians are driven by self- interest. I'm listening. [cough] [clears throat] Well, once again, greetings to the entire audience.

[00:04:45]Before we continue, I would like to say two things.

[00:04:51]In politics there can be no rush, there can be no radical or biased interpretation of what is happening in the global political and geopolitical world.

[00:05:03]Turbulence exists in all areas of the planet.

[00:05:07]If we were on the Moon, there would be problems there too, but we're on Earth.

[00:05:14]And first we have the audience, I would like to ask, let's locate ourselves where we are.

[00:05:24]We are under strategic and tutelary intervention by the United States. We have not lost sovereignty because there are no troops involved in the intervention.

[00:05:36]There are authorities, there is a minister counselor who reports directly to the State Department, to Secretary Rubio, and some other advisory team that they may have, they must undoubtedly have. In Washington, they have accumulated important information for more than 30 years about what is happening in Venezuela.

[00:05:58]Politicians and some people associated with political groups are very superficial and underestimate what they have stored as intelligence and what they are currently developing. When I was attached to the defense, and excuse me for using my personal experiences many times, I went to the Library of Congress.

[00:06:26]I used to go every week to two meetings at the Department of Defense, the Venezuela Roundtable.

[00:06:35]There were 15 military and civilian people dedicated to studying everything that was happening in Venezuela at that time, after the 1992 coup. At the State Department, which I also visited every week as a defense attaché, I met with 15 or 20 people or perhaps more.

[00:06:56]From the Venezuela desk, from the State Department, and once a month I met with both desks, that is, there were almost 40 people dedicated exclusively to knowing what was happening in Venezuela. Then, in addition to that, the military and civilians who were going to be accredited to work at the Venezuelan embassy in the next 24 months were present.

[00:07:32]the wives and children of the military personnel, ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps who were to be assigned to work in Venezuela. And in my particular case, as a defense officer, authorized by the ambassador, I explained to them all the Venezuelan problems, which I learned about while in Miraflores and which I experienced firsthand when the left took political power, because when we talk about the left, I'm talking about collectivists.

[00:08:05]I don't want to place myself between right and left.

[00:08:10]They are liberal currents and collectivist currents.

[00:08:15]Contractualists, Rousseau, etc., etc., Job, etc., etc., politician of the classical politics of the 19th century and the Middle Ages. So, it turns out that we were getting rich. On one occasion, I lost two slides from the presentation I was giving to the Department of Defense, because one of the invited people was interested in the information that was on some PowerPoint slides that I had and they took it from my folder.

[00:08:53]I told the people, I'm not leaving here until both sheets appear.

[00:09:00]I had an assigned female Air Force captain, a lady from the U.S. Air Force, who served as my assistant and introduction when I went to those meetings, along with other military attachés, and I said to myself, "How is it possible that they were stolen?" Well, I can't say they were stolen from me, but they're not in my folder. Someone took them. I spent 6 hours at the defense department waiting for them to appear, and the two sheets appeared. What were the two of them? The two sheets.

[00:09:33]All of Venezuela's clandestine airports in the western border region.

[00:09:40]Drug trafficking, guerrilla landings, human trafficking, arms trafficking.

[00:09:47]taken from Venezuelan intelligence of the Ministry of Defense and of the DIN.

[00:09:53]I went to Venezuela, obtained the information, and presented it because the United States has always been attentive to what happens in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela, which was the most important strategic partner at that time.

[00:10:11]After they overthrew Pérez, Loan, and handed power to some murderers, the Cubans got involved, the Russians got involved, the guerrillas got involved, the Iranians got involved, and so they have destroyed Venezuela. And the political opposition, which is the one that has assumed the political leadership of the country, has still not presented a clear position as a country, as a representative of all Venezuelans, including Chavistas.

[00:10:41]Because the Chavistas don't know a thing about what's happening in the country, and all they're doing is stealing. They came to power out of political resentment and self- interest to destroy what was built in Venezuela over almost 200 years, and they succeeded.

[00:10:57]So now, what is the strategic foothold of the United States, the strategic intervener that has not placed troops in the country, that does not want trouble? He doesn't want disorder because if there is disorder there will be government repression and, as an intervened state, the United States could be involved to maintain internal peace because there are no armed forces. I hear people talking about soldiers and generals, with decorations and suns and chests like a trinket, pure traitors.

[00:11:38]So, Venezuela is perhaps the worst country in the world from the point of view of freedom. We need to understand what is happening.

[00:11:50]I ask those people who expect better activity from the United States in the territory, what has the opposition done?

[00:12:01]First they were dismantled and fragmented.

[00:12:09]Ah, they also fragmented, fighting for power and not, and harming those who could be emerging leaders of a new Venezuelan politics.

[00:12:23]There is an internal guerrilla war among them all. I know this for a fact; it's not like someone told me or I read it in a gossip column or something written by people with vested interests.

[00:12:31]I know that there is a knife fight between Copellanos, between Adecos, between the left-wing parties and those who in one way or another have shown interest in supporting Mrs. María Corina, who is also from the left.

[00:12:49]That has to be said, right? We [clears throat] cannot continue defending cheaters and people who blatantly lie to us because they want to get into power. Venezuela is in serious trouble, politically and economically devastated, but there are steps being taken. Notice that there are people arriving from other countries looking to start businesses in Venezuela. The problem is that there is no legal certainty. And how do we obtain legal certainty with an impartial Supreme Court of professionals, not bandits, that begins to establish security standards, not only for Chavistas, but for those in the opposition as well, because there are many bandits disguised as democrats, and the Americans know this.

[00:13:41]American intelligence has been in Venezuela for over 20 years, as has Colombian intelligence, Brazilian intelligence, Italian intelligence, and Israeli intelligence. Son is a focus of research on everything that happens there, because Venezuela is of vital strategic and geopolitical importance in the Caribbean and at the head of northern Latin America. That's not made up, that's how it is.

[00:14:05]And our politicians, or not our politicians, because we are all politicians, the people who have assumed the opposition leadership to this government have not put on the pants they should be wearing. This is not a matter of screens and rosaries and calling elections when elections cannot be held because there are no elections, we don't know who the Venezuelans are, how many of us there are, how many Iranians there are, how many guerrillas there are with Venezuelan documents in other parts of the world.

[00:14:38]That needs to be filtered. And how long did it take in Mexico to create the new electoral pattern? Almost 3 years. Of course, there's more, and the opposition won't stay silent because if they come to power, they'll want to do the same.

[00:14:59]two reasons.

[00:15:00]The opposition is complicit in what is happening in Morel and they also want the United States to clear the land for them, plant the crops, put in the seeds, provide everything needed for cultivation, and install lightning rods, so that everything is safe for them to come in and take advantage of the situation, as they always have, and so far in 24 years they have all taken advantage of it. There has been no strategy, no planning, no attitude, just people on the street to be cannon fodder and elections. And the elections, even those from Sumúmate, never managed to interpret the fraud because the fraud dates back to 1998 when Admiral Justo Pastor Márquez was killed. He was found dead in Ávila. They didn't find that out.

[00:16:14]They also failed to investigate the departure of the tanks from Fuerteventura in '87. Nor did they investigate and punish the military rebels of '92. So, all that negative history, all that complicity, all that shady dealings by everyone is what the Americans do n't want. And the Venezuelan people cannot summon from their innermost being the political will to remove them.

[00:16:47]And until that happens, the Americans are not going to get rid of the bandits in Venezuela.

[00:16:53]It's not just the bandit Delsi Rodríguez, nor the other gentleman, nor the godfather minister, nor you few generals who are not military, are ideological mercenaries of a country taken or that was taken in the past, there are no. What is the position of match 20? What is Alfredo Ledesma's position regarding Alianza Pueblo? What is Primero Justicia's position on Borge?

[00:17:19]What is Voluntad Popular's position on López? What is their political position? What they're really trying to do is seize power to continue the partying, which we've seen so far and which we don't have the guts to confront them about directly.

[00:17:36]So, as long as we continue to be the go-between and matchmaker for these people, the Americans are not going to continue taking risks.

[00:17:43]Yes, the American president risked a lot in his heart of hearts.

[00:17:48]He intervened militarily in Venezuela. He got off easy, I say, in quotes, because the military action could have been much more destructive and they took the individual away. Now they're taking Padrino away; the ministers removed Padrino. Now they are going to remove the members of the Supreme Court, they are removing them. But what is the opposition doing? Travel. Oslo, Washington, Madrid, France, Chile. That's playing domestic politics. A country that is destroyed, a country that is looking for political leadership, a country that wants to believe and deserves to be helped from abroad. As long as these people continue to behave this way and saturate the Venezuelan political scene with personal interests, the Americans could even withdraw.

[00:18:45]Fix your own mess because we brought the boat to the dock and the crew are putting themselves at risk.

[00:18:54]Look at this, Admiral, the opposition, look closely, the opposition doesn't even take advantage of the internal conflicts that begin in Chavismo and tend to spread and increase. And here nobody says anything, everyone remains silent for two reasons. They are complicit in what is happening and they have what they call the plainsmen, they have the same little ass, they do n't dare to speak because they have a dirty tail and anyone can publicly denounce them if they commit the outrage of denouncing or calling for an investigation, because there is nothing. In other words, they're all cut from the same cloth, from what you're telling me.

[00:19:48]Exactly. Do you really think that Chávez's regime, during the time Chávez and Maduro were in power—thanks to the grace of two men, one dead and one imprisoned, and Trump—in this case, the Americans, aren't complicit?

[00:20:02]They didn't negotiate where they work and live, who gives them money, how they travel, and why they were rejected in Washington, why they're not coming now, and why they're being rejected in other European countries. And why they weren't wanted in Colombia before Petro came to power?

[00:20:22]Because everyone thought they could transfer the Venezuelan problem to the internal politics of each country. And the presidents and politicians of each country, with their flaws and internal problems— I'm not saying they're perfect— can't keep dragging along people who only bring problems. I was in Colombia and spoke with an assistant to President Uribe. He told me, "We can't allow the Venezuelan parties— Primero Justicia, Alianza Pueblo, Voluntad Popular, Bandera Roja, Adeco, and Copellano—to interfere in Colombia's internal politics. It's one thing what the Colombian president— Pastrana, Santos, Uribe, and the other president whose name I can't recall right now, who just handed over the political reins to the region—says, but what's really happening in Venezuela, those people don't talk about. I was in Miami at two Latin American presidents' conferences, and there, the problem in Venezuela was consistently the opposition's inability to reach an agreement. In 2007, no, in 2014, 2015, and 2018, they had the nerve, or rather, the audacity, to block the intervention that was planned by President Trump's administration between 2017 and 2019. They blocked it." I know for a fact that a US president gathered Venezuelans, Colombians, and Cubans in Miami—there were about 3,000 people—and he didn't tell them all. There they are, sitting in the front row. Bequio Guaidó, someone named, well, Borges, López was there, there were other Venezuelan deputies from the 2015 assembly, and he told them, "Next year we will have freedom in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela."

[00:22:39]What did Ramos Ayú do?

[00:22:42]What did Borges do? What did López do?

[00:22:46]Block the US government's intention, whether it was convenient or not. From today's perspective, it was convenient; perhaps it wasn't back then. But what is the Venezuelan coordinating team that can sit down with US authorities and say, "Well, we're going to work in this direction because you lack the resources?" Why do they have a straw man and can't they stop to discuss it in a private meeting? secret state-to-state communication to determine what will be done for Venezuela.

[00:23:21]And meanwhile, we Venezuelans, excuse my language, with a certain naiveté, continue to believe in those broken bats.

[00:23:34]Who accompanies María Corina Machado?

[00:23:37]Where is Mundo? Where did the idea come from to be a presidential candidate and put him up as the starting candidate in an election that was obvious the Venezuelans were going to win because they had already rejected all the opposition political parties and the entire government, I mean, it was a foregone conclusion, whoever they put up would win.

[00:24:02]Secaron a lady named Yori, whom I also know, a university professor.

[00:24:07]I spoke with her a lot before, and suddenly I see her there, I send her a message, "Professor, where did you come from?

[00:24:15]Who appointed you?" He did n't answer me, logically, because it's something else. When you ask a political party, when you ask a Venezuelan politician something they're not interested in saying, they become mute, like Quasimodo of a Parisian country. They don't speak or say anything, and they have a court of journalists or influencers who manage them, who control the information, who paint the picture of what they want to say. And the people, the Venezuelan people, are always misinformed, always waiting for something, something they don't want to happen, because they never wanted intervention in Venezuela by the US government, and they still reject it and are blocking it, seeking foreign intervention—I'm referring to political, not military—and it turns out they've run into someone, with or without his influence, I have no reason to defend him, much less, who is very clear about what he wants: a new world order, control of the European Union, that each country pay for NATO security, that constitutional and investigative procedures be followed in Venezuela, and separation of powers.

[00:25:32]Uh, surrender.

[00:25:34]Now then, look at this, a team and a team of something important, he just said something very important. He wants a new world order where there is peace. Uh-huh. Why does Venezuela intervene first, then Iran, and then Cuba is the designated hitter? What is worrying him? Because apparently, with what has happened in Venezuela, and the political gain that politicians here say, Trump's political gain is oil. Uh-huh. He is paying for it, that's true, but is it just for oil or why else does he have to intervene in Venezuela? Because Maduro could buy it, he could sell it to them and Maduro would still be in power. I'm going to give you my opinion. Uh-huh. which is emphatic. The intervention in Venezuela was not because the minutes of July 28 were discovered and because that paraphernalia that is in Panama and the SACTA and the military that never appeared because they were never going to appear because they are ideological mercenaries of the government, have a lot to lose. They are not going to support a person or a group of political parties. That needs to be completely eliminated, and we need to find low-ranking professional military personnel. led by other military experts with recognized ethical and professional standing, not partisan, because there are many generals and admirals who are pawns of the parties, of the old guard, of my generation, I know them all.

[00:27:16]Moreover, I saw him operating in Milaflores and I was truly disgusted by what I saw in the palace of civilians and military personnel sneaking in through corners, doors, and cracks, trying to reach the president for personal matters and group interests, including economic ones. So what happens?

[00:27:40]The average Venezuelan doesn't know or understand all that, nor is he aware of it. Then they'll throw any old rod in him, they'll throw any old person in him. I've heard many military personnel speaking, some of whom I didn't even know, I don't know where they came from. Just like the world. I did know El Mundo, and he never seemed like the right man to lead the country because I met him in the 90s, 92. I don't want to talk about him because it's neither appropriate nor ethical, but he isn't and never was the right man to assume that responsibility.

[00:28:17]For Venezuela we need a team of five or seven people in charge of each area under the direction of a politically qualified person, not from a party.

[00:28:29]Because if I put my party on the recovery board, the transition board, or whatever you want to call it, they'll start working for the party, they'll start putting supporters in positions of power, and they'll start taking the humanitarian aid, they'll take the medicine, and they'll negotiate for food. Damn, when I was in Miraflores, excuse me for using this, and Chávez wasn't there, nor was this problem, Trump needed it in the Andes, the milk, the food program of President Pérez's government for mothers and children under 7 years old, there were governors who traded it for sugarcane and in the demonstrations where they went to support the political candidates of that time, what they did was distribute bottles of rum in Maturín, the governor was going to deliver 400 housing units that the government was giving to the poor people of that region of Maturín. Well, it was invaded the previous week, President Pérez attended the event, but I couldn't hand it over because all the houses, apartments and spaces were already occupied. I told the president in the meeting, how is it possible, Mr. President, that the governor... And do you think that's going to keep happening, whether with the revolution or with whoever comes next?

[00:29:53]Of course it will continue. That's why we have to be careful because Bernabé Gutiérrez is around here; I know for a fact that he was dismissed, they took away his child aid plan because they were negotiating it, and the same thing happened to several governors back then. I see that Carlos Blanco is there in the plan of the Mericordian team, he was president of Copre.

[00:30:17]What did Adúar, the Minister of the Interior, do and what is he doing now? One of those responsible for the over-monitoring of the rebels because he was Minister of the Interior and was in charge of learning about that case. Just like the Supreme Court then, Alfredo Lea abandoned Pérez. Antonio, Antonio Leema left Pérez, he left Pérez, he went with Alf Ruero and Alfredo Rusero was an enemy of the president and was overthrowing him.

[00:30:42]I didn't see that.

[00:30:44]So it turns out that this gentleman now only produces one book every 4 months. I do n't know who is writing to him or if the guy has the ability to write of that magnitude. And I say this, I don't care what he does, nor do I care what he does, it's what I'm seeing, how the old banditry is recycled and presented as new people, clean of dust and straw. And the Venezuelan fanatic who doesn't know, because those under 50 don't know what has happened in Venezuela since '92.

[00:31:19]Practically 50-60% of the population in the territory or outside do not know, do not know what democracy was.

[00:31:27]Because? Because all of that changed institutional values, constitutional values, the individual, the political relationship between parties, the civil-military relationship, the military relationship with the citizen, the business relationship, all of that changed. Then these people come along, blessed with water from the Guaire River, pretending to be holy men, and when you speak they deny you the possibility of speaking and obstruct what you say.

[00:32:03]I am trusting, I have to trust, that the intervention carried out by the United States may not have been the most convenient thing for Venezuela, but they did it because in our position there was no qualified person with ethical values ​​and with enough leadership to displace power from Maduro, Padrino, Diosdado, Chávez and all those other scoundrels who have been part of the Venezuelan government since '92 or '98, '99. So there he is, they got rid of him. But what have we done?

[00:32:41]Where is Venezuela's plan? Yes, we are going to recover the oil industry, we are going to distribute positions, in 6 months we will have solvency in the hospitals, we have doctors, we have the university is wrapped in mush, the high schools turned into mush, physically and structurally and that takes time. Where are those teams that are going to advise and work with a designated group of people? I don't know what I think will happen. And that's what I believe.

[00:33:16]Appointed to help the country and build a new republic. Venezuela is in pieces, men and women who don't know what to do, lying shamelessly, searching high and low for important meetings. I heard about it somewhere, I don't know if it's true. In other words, all those evils that you are saying that the different regimes in Venezuela have done, then, do they affect the United States in terms of Donald Trump's project, security, or from a geopolitical point of view? It does not affect the geopolitical and strategic intervention of the United States in Venezuela. They affect it because any failure in Venezuela, anything that goes wrong, is the responsibility of the American state. Not only because we Venezuelans say so, but because they will do it in Europe, the European Union, the Iranians, the Iraqis, the Russians, the Persian territory, Greece, etc., Brazil, Mexico.

[00:34:26]Look, look at this. In other words, it is in the regime's best interest, in order to fight the United States, for the Venezuelan people to become intellectually and culturally equal to the people of Cuba. The more ignorant the people are, the better for them to stay in power and to be able to oppose or obstruct the United States from moving forward. I have not the slightest doubt, but I would tell you the following. The Venezuelan opposition is working to ensure that the United States fails in its intervention.

[00:35:07]The Cuban people are destroyed, culturally, in terms of identity and as a population, including education. Venezuela is worse off because in fewer years, with more money, more universities, and a larger number of people educated abroad, it is falling behind. What saves Venezuela compared to Cuba is its oil, iron, and mining sectors, because in terms of production we're doing poorly. In terms of professional qualifications, almost all the good professionals have left or are waiting for an opportunity in Venezuela, hoping for a chance. And to get a chance, you have to be from 20 AD, COPE, Primera Justicia, Alan García's party, or any of the others—and there are 72 parties in total! Damn it, there aren't enough positions for so many people, and mediocrity abounds, just like the political parties in Venezuela. And we Venezuelans are waiting for the Americans to get rid of all these people. They're not going to take it from us, we have to do it ourselves.

[00:36:08]And they are going, I am sure that they are working and making progress.

[00:36:15]A major change can happen at any moment, but we are not prepared to handle it.

[00:36:23]Imagine the American president calling the priestess Maria Corina right now and saying, "Okay, your Washington team, what happened? Did you meet yesterday or today and change your strategy?

[00:36:39]Now, instead of being antagonistic to Trump, you're trying to sneak in under the door, begging for forgiveness so the American government will believe in you." And that's harder than killing a donkey by pinching it, as the plainsmen used to say in my day. So now they're trying to align themselves with the US government after spending three months ranting everywhere and harming US foreign policy. With or without reason. But if they helped you, my brother, and you don't like it, sit down in Washington and discuss the terms of the intervention. They haven't.

[00:37:21]Now, look at this, since you're talking about intervention, what worries the United States the most? Is it a bridge or a drug-producing country, is it Iran that generates terrorism worldwide? or that Cuba is the communist ideological school in Latin America. Which of the three countries is causing the most concern for the Trump administration?

[00:37:52]The American government, as part of its strategy, created the Shield of the Americas. That is a plan to confront the Russian, Chinese and Iranian penetration into the continent, whose entry point has been Venezuela for the last 18 years. That's nothing new.

[00:38:12]The penetration was known, the plane that went to Caracas was a Conviazza 200 wide-body plane that went weekly, bringing and taking three or four tourists and bringing 200 people plus drones, plus weapons, a number of things to land that went to Valencia, from Valencia to Santan Guirén, Latin America infiltrated all countries by Iran.

[00:38:39]So, the most important thing in the American strategy is to keep all those countries away from the continental territory of the Americas. He created the shield of the Americas, that's going to start working. He sidelined the OAS, disregarded the United Nations, which he should consider, but disregarded it for now.

[00:39:00]But where are the strengths of countries taken over by collectivism?

[00:39:06]Where are Brazil's strengths?

[00:39:08]Lula just came from the United States.

[00:39:10]I think he left feeling scolded, based on what I've been told. Where are the strengths of the Argentinians? My law. When my law ends, the progress, the period of government, who comes next? Chile has always been inclined towards the left. Colombia has been jumping to the left for years.

[00:39:29]Ecuador, Peru, more or less.

[00:39:32]Central America, the Caricon. The strategy is to keep the entire region safe and free from collectivist currents. For that, we have to stop Iran, which is the radical one, and China, which is the most dangerous, because Russia isn't exactly controlled, but Russia is in a different position right now compared to China.

[00:39:56]Geopolitically speaking, sorry, China and Venezuela come first.

[00:40:02]They were the three countries: China, Iran, and Venezuela. What other country is there in the world?

[00:40:13]that has been neutralized by this intervention. Of course, oil, but the United States has oil supremacy that is not self-sufficient.

[00:40:24]I have a relative who works in the oil industry, and he tells me, "Look, Dad, son, the United States has oil to spare. The thing is, they maintain their strategic reserves and geopolitical control over energy.

[00:40:39]What will we do in Venezuela if these politicians who supported the ' bolichicos' brought in by López and Guaidó come back?

[00:40:46]Ah, the Americans have to accept it because these people, financed and paid by these bandits, intend to return and have their accounts wiped clean.

[00:40:57]That's impossible.

[00:41:00]But if these people put so many obstacles in Donald Trump's way, why does n't Donald Trump just eliminate them? What's the point? Why is he keeping them around?

[00:41:10]There's a maxim by Sun Tzu that says, ' Pursue the enemy, but don't close the doors, let the enemy escape.'

[00:41:20]And these 'bolichicos' and their associates in Spain, many [clears throat] know, they know that the U.S. government has them on its files as bandits. They think they know everything, but little by little, they'll sell out international justice to take care of them. First, we're going to restore order in the Country, we're going to appoint the political authorities, we're going to cleanse the country of Chavismo, the Iranians, and other sources that are infiltrated. That requires power.

[00:41:56]When you ask me who I'm afraid of, I can't say I'm afraid of Venezuelans, but if there's a social explosion, it does become a regional problem, not just a Venezuelan one. And that's why when they start calling for marches and demanding salary increases, when unionized employees, bus drivers, and taxi drivers from Unión Chacao and Maquetía—all those people associated with unions—start to exacerbate the situation for a population that is hungry and living in misery.

[00:42:36]When people are in misery and have hunger in their stomachs, they explode; they become irrational.

[00:42:44]I'm almost convinced that what the Americans—the U.S. government—are not panicking about, but rather worried about, is that the prairie will ignite and a chain reaction of social explosions will begin, provoked by the opposition against the interventionist strategy of the U.S. state. That's where we are.

[00:43:10]The Chavistas They're calmly awaiting their execution. I do n't mean they're going to be beheaded, but rather that they're waiting for justice, because they too know they're involved in drug trafficking, not just the water train, nor the generals. There have always been drug traffickers in Venezuela, and I know this for a fact. The problem is that you can't accuse them because whoever accuses a drug trafficker gets into a double bind: the legal problem and the problem of being eliminated. Because you are a factor in their elimination, and they're consciously managing it.

[00:43:47]But we can't continue being accomplices and playing Russian roulette with all those scoundrels in the Venezuelan political scene who talk, have television programs, are propagandists, fight, don't allow journalists to interview others, assume the leadership of the candidate, speak for María Corina as if they were the candidates themselves, and yet they do n't appear, and there are still political prisoners. Nobody talks about the military, but they want the military to intervene; they reject them, but publicly they speak Now they talk about the imprisoned military personnel, but in the past they didn't even consider them. And the number of dead, soldiers who were murdered, disappeared, never worried them. I'll give you an example. I spoke with Caboripano before and gave him my point of view; I didn't know what he was going to do.

[00:44:46]I spoke three times with Óscar Pérez, may he rest in peace, and I told him, "Don't meet with political parties because they're going to turn you in."

[00:44:59]Don't do it.

[00:45:03]Make your plan.

[00:45:05]Gather with the civilians you believe can assemble a strong team to take control of the country. If they manage it, but don't believe in political parties because they will absorb you, they will destroy you.

[00:45:20]And Car Pérez, unfortunately, was eliminated by both the government because he was an important enemy and the traitorous opposition. I heard comments that he was just as crazy as Cuaripano, and these were people affiliated with the unity table and the political parties who were bothered that a military man had a circumstantial and situational leadership for a given situation. I was even interviewed by Carla Angola on EBTV and I sent a message to Óscar Pérez.

[00:46:03]in the program. I told them, please spread this because I'm interested in making sure that this advice and this way of analyzing the problem reaches those people. I don't know if it reached him, but the result is obvious and nobody... Well, but it also happened with Plaza Altamira when Leopoldo López was mayor; he wanted to get rid of Plaza Altamira because he felt that they were stealing his leadership and that the military personnel who were making proposals in Plaza Altamira were overshadowing his popularity.

[00:46:42]Because there is one. Yes, there is an equation that we Venezuelans have to respect.

[00:46:49]The military cannot accept that the political leadership directs, questions, or guides the training and institutional attitude of the armed forces. The military, of course, cannot try to impose lines of conduct on the political sector, but when there are violations and a breakdown of ethics and the constitutional framework on both sides, we are all obliged as citizens to intervene.

[00:47:25]And that was Chávez's argument, because they created a nefarious environment against Pérez and now everyone, look, Miguel Rodríguez, who calls Miguel Rodríguez? Who is inviting him to participate? Who puts him on the work teams? Because? Because it is envy, intrigue, sectarianism.

[00:47:46]If I want a doctor, if I'm sick, I look for the best doctor or medical team to help me. If my car is bad, my car is expensive, or a lemon, as they say here, I look for the mechanic who can fix my car.

[00:48:01]If I have it, and don't you think the media is contributing to that too?

[00:48:07]All their lives, all their lives they have intervened tangentially or directly in politics to manipulate public opinion with illegitimate political interests. I lived it, I lived it and I can point them out at any time with names, surname, but that's not the point. Right now they're telling me, "Admiral, write your book."

[00:48:33]Yes, I am doing it, but the book is going to solve the national problem, those bandits are going to continue acting and there are journalists and that's why maybe without reason or mistakenly I do n't give interviews to almost anyone except you. They ca n't impose a line of conduct on me. No, look, don't talk about this person, it's not good for us. When I was in Venezuela, three journalists questioned and censored me.

[00:49:05]I told him, I do not accept that you censor me.

[00:49:08]If you're not interested in how I speak and what I express, don't invite me.

[00:49:14]Marta Colomina, Mingo and Marianela Sarzar and others, I don't remember right now.

[00:49:26]Then there are still people who call me, saying, "No, no, but you can't talk about that." And why not?

[00:49:35]Because you are a soldier. No, I am a professionally trained military officer, but first and foremost, I am a citizen and I have been living through this disaster for 30 years, getting to know certain bandit and deceitful actors, and witnessing the betrayal of Venezuelans. So you can't speak because you're inconvenient for the interests of those swindlers and bandits. So, where are we?

[00:50:00]Where is the transparency for the citizen who wants to express himself and contribute to the country?

[00:50:05]But look at what you're saying when I listen to you. [laughs] Yes, but with what you're bringing up and going back to the part about Donald Trump, because we're dealing with his policies on a global level, where he's getting himself into. But when you consider what's happening with politicians, what they're doing with unions, those with vested interests, how they're manipulating the people, what the media is doing, then it seems like they're following the script imposed by the Democrats in the United States, because the same thing is happening to Donald Trump there. They have divided the country, the media are against him.

[00:50:48]Democratic politicians question everything from a legal point of view. He has been sued under every law imaginable, and he has proven otherwise. Do you think you can refute Donald Trump's arguments against everything that is obstructing his geostrategic and global security policies? I have no doubt whatsoever.

[00:51:18]The American State, regardless of who leads it, has all the power and potential to intervene and modify certain regional and strategic lines of conduct, and even global energy policy, global monetary policy, the problem of global migration, and the problem of global drug trafficking.

[00:51:45]and a series of illicit things and factors of social and political imbalance in some parts of the country and the world. The Middle East is a boiling cauldron.

[00:51:57]The problem of India, Pakistan and Kashmir, the problem of Ukraine with Russia, that is, everywhere there are problems, where there are almost no problems in Latin America, Hispanic America, but I am convinced that there is an external, hairy hand associated with these people who are politicians in Venezuela. I've been told there's someone named Soros there, I don't know if it's true, I don't know who Soros is, nor do I know him personally. There are many politicians who have worked for the Soros organization and have a collectivist line of conduct to oppose the United States, but economic power buys, economic power transforms the ideas of men.

[00:52:43]Every man has his price, and every person who reaches his price either becomes corrupt or leaves. And when they leave, they lose a series of privileges that money and political and economic position give them, and that's normal, not because it's acceptable, but because it happens. Now, I am certain that they are seeking to break, affect, and diminish the American presence and strategy for Venezuela. I do n't want to be, I do n't want to abuse extending it towards the European Union.

[00:53:20]In the European Union there are serious problems between Germany and France, England.

[00:53:25]That other space whose evolution is unknown, the radical Muslim penetration or the radical terrorist penetration of some parts of the world.

[00:53:40]But look at this: now that you're raising these problems in Europe, and especially the Muslim penetration, that's a problem they created for themselves. And since they turned their backs on Donald Trump at times, according to their own convenience, Donald Trump told them, " Well, you solve your own problem."

[00:54:02]Because then Donald Trump came and told them, "Well, since you did n't support me on what's happening in Iran, or what's happening in Europe, or what's happening in NATO, then I'm going to withdraw my military bases."

[00:54:20]Where do you think Donald Trump is going to take all those units and military personnel if he withdraws those military bases?

[00:54:31]Let me clarify a few things.

[00:54:36]The United States' strategy is global; it's not a sectorized strategy, though it appears focused on certain important aspects of the globe. The United States has 12 aircraft carrier groups.

[00:54:54]12 groups. All of them are nuclear-armed.

[00:54:58]These 12 carrier groups are distributed around the world: the Indian Ocean, two carrier groups in the Mediterranean, In the Pacific, in the Atlantic, in the Caribbean, the Fourth Fleet. They have their strategy of regional military control.

[00:55:18]When political and diplomatic action ends, the military option comes into play.

[00:55:25]Up until now, what the US government has done is show its teeth, Operation Shield of the Americas to curb Chinese and Iranian penetration in the Americas, which has been going on for more than 20 years, it's not something new. Twenty years.

[00:55:43]The bankers of the Iranian bank in Venezuela were terrorists, according to the Americans back in 2004, that is, they were also denounced in Europe.

[00:55:59]So the European Union is fighting to separate, to return to the single monetary system of each country. These are sovereign political decisions that must be respected. But where does fragmentation lead them?

[00:56:16]Because NATO, the financial and economic monetary union of Europe, has kept them solid since 1955, when it began and ended World War II, before the influence of Stalin in that entire European region. But we also have the case Israel, which was formerly an enemy of Saudi Arabia and Libya, is no longer involved.

[00:56:44]Syria is involved, and Iran is involved in Lebanon. So, little by little, a geopolitical and military control has been established, because the conflict is military, not diplomatic. Of course, the United States sends its Secretary of State and its ministers to speak here and there, but they are relying on the military option because, in today's world, if military action isn't used, terrorism and a host of other undesirable situations for nations will engulf the world.

[00:57:23]I do believe we are making slow progress, but we are clearing the path.

[00:57:31]The American president has said so, and I always listen to him, trying to understand his perspective because I don't hear from anyone else.

[00:57:39]When people start writing to me and sending me messages and translations, I go to the source, and the source is the American president, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Chargé d' Affaires—from what little I've heard from him, as I don't know him very well, I don't know much about him. He says, or rather, but that's progressing. The American president's frontal stance against collectivist left-wing currents, for those who don't understand, is clear, even in Europe.

[00:58:20]The position of the American ambassadors in each country is to support that American policy.

[00:58:29]And don't you think that to eradicate that collectivist, communist, or socialist current, we do n't have to, at least in the case of Venezuela, brainwash all Venezuelans, because their brains have been contaminated? And so many believe that Trump is the bad guy, that what he's doing is bad, that the collectivist current gave everyone an opportunity.

[00:59:03]I don't see the ideological problem as so serious, but we shouldn't neglect it. The problem is when ideology penetrates an individual's reasoning and turns them from an aggressive resentful person into a public enemy, whether a group or an individual.

[00:59:23]The only way to combat that is with education.

[00:59:30]The Venezuelan plans, or those of any country, but I'm referring to Venezuela.

[00:59:34]After that To finish clearing the weeds from the Venezuelan state, an intensive educational process must follow, lasting at least 20 years. How long does it take a student to get to university?

[00:59:51]Six years of primary school, five years of secondary school (11 years), five years of university (17 years), a postgraduate degree or a master's degree (2 more years), 20 years total. You need 20 years of intensive, quality education with objective programs, not only in terms of subject matter knowledge, but also in the mental structure of the citizen who must defend their territory, their country, and not fall into banditry.

[01:00:27]In Venezuela, opportunism—how much is there for that? How does that affect me?

[01:00:32]I saw, when I attended social gatherings because of my position, or political meetings of the president and his cabinet and the parties, how deals were made with a glass of whiskey in hand, how things were arranged, how the deputies and senators rigged laws to benefit themselves and the party, not the citizens. That's what it is. Lies.

[01:00:58]So, if you don't change that way of acting, if you don't educate Venezuelans that they have to demand and ask for respect from each and every person who enters the political arena to assume political leadership, whether due to ideology, ability, or intentions. If you don't achieve that, there will be no free will in Venezuela.

[01:01:26]72 parties, my brother. What do 72 parties mean in a country that's destroyed?

[01:01:33]That one socialist or aggressive, murderous, thieving, or crooked party crushed everything for 24 years. And what did those parties do?

[01:01:47]And now that those 72 parties are involved, they're waiting for Delsy to call them and offer them a position. There's Timoteo Zambrano, Enrique Ochoantich, Caleca, I don't know who else is getting a position. They're the pure ones, the ones who were always working for the country, or were they playing both sides?

[01:02:15]Traitors to both sides, whoever gives them the most opportunities.

[01:02:24][snort] Well, I I hear it often, and that's why I respect you, many [clears throat] many influencers who are talking about it, and I see them jumping on the bandwagon.

[01:02:34]Today they're with María Corina and her team, tomorrow they're criticizing her.

[01:02:39]Today they're with the Adec, the Copellano, speaking well of Ramos, but tomorrow they're speaking ill of Eduardo Fernández, who happens to be the only one I respect because I saw him arrive at Miraflores at night on Benevisión and lose, or rather, his political future was affected by democracy. Nobody else. There was nobody else there. And then now some guy appears. Tell me an interview I heard with a man named Cipriano Heredia, with Mayor Ledesma, or with Vilav, telling a string of lies.

[01:03:18]Damn it, what are they looking for? If that happened 30-odd years ago, now they're going to talk. And why didn't you speak on February 4th when you were Minister of the Interior? And why didn't you speak when you were Minister of Defense? Or why didn't you speak when you were commander of a Regional? Or why didn't you speak with the party leaders? Or why didn't you speak with those in the National Executive Committee? Why are they talking now and even trying to align themselves? But look at this, right?

[01:03:47]To conclude, because we're running out of time, or we're practically at that point, you said that to do all that work, at least in Venezuela, it would take about 20 years for the next generation to prepare, to learn about the past in order to have a better future. Now, Donald Trump has two and a bit years left. Right.

[01:04:15]How to carry out this plan that the Trump administration has laid out?

[01:04:23]If he's going to hand over power, who would have to carry it out? Because the Democrats could win too. The Democrats would be capable of reversing all of that.

[01:04:35]I have a different way of thinking, perhaps a little more radical than yours. I'll try to outline it. They did us a favor that took four or five months. They got the rats out of the Capitol, they got the They were like ticks in the pasture because they were there and they're still there; they didn't get rid of them.

[01:05:02]At the moment they intervened, what should have happened was that the opposition's stance was articulated without partisan, economic, or financial interests.

[01:05:22]Four, five, ten people with a strategic plan in Washington. Okay, you helped us, we have this, but who has a clean conscience? Who has a transparent record?

[01:05:37]Who has the credibility of the American state if they don't take it into account? Not at all.

[01:05:43]So, our problem isn't how long Trump will last in power. If the Republicans, the Democrats—there's already been an intervention and the country has gotten rid of the crust— procedures are coming.

[01:05:58]And if they don't play these procedures well, the citizens will rise up because right now the parties have no influence on the citizens; they're more of an obstacle, and that's dangerous in a democracy, but unfortunately, that's what they've led us to. We in the military had respect, but those soldiers fell into the abyss, into the sewer of theft, corruption, and possibly drugs. Now the military They don't have that option.

[01:06:29]The police also sinned, and they are an important body for citizen control and public safety. They also sinned. The Minister of the Interior, who was supposed to control the police, didn't. The Directorate of Military Intelligence, which was meant to identify problems and threats to the Venezuelan state, dedicated itself to gossip and removing people who weren't of military or political interest to a particular party or interest group. Businessmen were determined to overthrow Pérez because there was a significant political change, and now they are bankrupt and at the mercy of God. In other words, the country, because of the mistakes we made and continue to make in an anarchic and irresponsible way, is in such a serious problem that we can't just transfer it to the Americans because they've already done their job. More will come, I hope. I don't know. But then I think, I think that according to what you're saying, the tutelage is going to last much longer than we think, the tutelage of the United States, and in the case of John Barrett, who is the representative of The United States here, uh, must be working to identify the most suitable people among all Venezuelans to support them, and they, in turn, must support those Venezuelans so that what Donald Trump has proposed—to maintain Venezuela peacefully, but working towards development—can move forward.

[01:08:14]That is, so that Venezuela no longer generates problems in the hemisphere. Right, or in the entire continent. And the same will happen with Cuba and with Iran so that they can carry out the plan that Donald Trump has outlined, where he has to eradicate terrorism, drug trafficking, and communism, the three evils or three plagues that are affecting the world and that are trying to surround, attack, and trample the United States of America. Don't you think so? I completely agree with that reasoning; that's the logic and rationality of what we 're seeing. But there's one point I also want to touch on to finish, if possible.

[01:09:04]Sancho Panza. Sancho Panza and Don Quixote Sancho. We fight against three enemies: ignorance, betrayal, and the absence of citizens.

[01:09:22]If we don't manage to unite the Venezuelan people, regardless of Cuba, which is another serious problem, where they have n't really gotten their hands on anything, because there too the economic investment is going to be substantial, paid for by the Americans, right? Nicaragua is waiting for them to crumble and beg for handouts because they're going to beg for handouts and say, "We've arrived." In other words, we don't have enough water for so many people, they'll leave.

[01:09:54]Besides, most of them have died due to age. 75 years in power, most are dead. What remains are apprentices and usurpers of political power in Cuba. In this case, Nicaragua, well, it's been about 30 years. I was in Nicaragua several times and I realized what a disaster Nicaragua was under President Pérez. So now, Venezuela, what is it that really interests me? I do want there to be a dialogue between the Opposition forces and the US government. There has to be this dialogue. It's not a whim of mine, or a whim of María Corina, or María Corina's team, or because the US president is being benevolent. There has to be dialogue. But a deacon-vis, decent people with decent people, because if they start getting involved with crooks and leeches, they're not going to take a step, they're not going to get anywhere, they're not going to reach the Potomac, which is the most important river in Washington.

[01:10:55]The cafes and restaurants on the banks of the Potomac aren't going to get there, and as long as that happens, as long as it doesn't happen, the people continue to go hungry. So I'm shifting the power, or the aspiration for power, from Venezuela to the citizens waking up and telling them to go to hell.

[01:11:20]That's the only way I see it happening. Then in the United States, we can say, damn it, there's a new political movement there, there are new citizens, we can talk to them to guide them, because there's something about Americans—and I studied in California for four years. When you You accept the American culture and ask for help or a favor. I see it every day here; Americans open up and help you.

[01:11:51]When I was in California, during my first semesters of study, I thought I knew everything. I would study alone in a library, alone there at night with another classmate, and we'd bang our heads together, banging our heads together, and many times we couldn't solve the problems, the academic problems, until we decided to approach the Americans, our classmates. There were 12 of us, two Venezuelans and 10 Americans, [sighs] civilians and military personnel.

[01:12:25]And what happened then? We started performing differently because the Americans gave us a hand. First, the language, then the cultural differences, then the academic foundations that each of us has, because most of them had master's degrees, meaning they weren't "pirates" as some academics would say.

[01:12:47]So, if you don't ask for help, if you don't approach the American president and say, "Look, here I have this, I want you to help me with this, but it has to be with these people." And under this scheme, and this is the plan to fulfill the well- established objective. The Land of Grace plan, what does it tell you?

[01:13:11]Pure intentions, pure recipe.

[01:13:14]Damn it, the country isn't in a position for some market-driven recipe, the country needs concrete ideas. What is it we want? Where are our weak points?

[01:13:26]Why haven't we gotten out of this? Why don't we have the most equipped and prepared people that are abundant abroad and in Venezuela? Why the sectarianism? Do you think the Americans don't realize that?

[01:13:39]Well, the Americans are also realizing that this sectarianism that has existed within the opposition has reached the extreme where the regime's representatives are now adopting the colors, the acronym [clears throat] of the opposition. They've always adopted it, now from María Corina, they 're even talking about Venezuela Land of Grace. I saw it on social media where the Chavistas are already saying that Venezuela is the land of grace, I mean, they're stealing everything and these people don't He defends himself, says nothing, doesn't preserve the good or bad that they've done, which is what they've sold to the people.

[01:14:25]Well, look at this, Admiral, we're 14 minutes over. This program was quite interesting. I think this will continue next Friday because what's been presented has truly motivated many people, and I invite you to see, if you watch the program, the comments that have been posted because they are truly interesting. I think people are not only becoming aware, but also analyzing what's happening, and I believe that one of the scenarios that will backfire on the opposition is these long-awaited elections they want, where suddenly, as they say in artistic slang, many politicians are going to get a rude awakening because they think they're above the law, and I think the people are going to punish them instead.

[01:15:19]Let me, let me finish with two quick things, okay? They're not politicians, they're opportunists and thieves. of power, manipulating the Venezuelan citizen who still believes in their honesty, which they are not. And another point I want to make here to those listening: I have read and been told—and there's the popular belief—that the military are traitors, that the military violated the Constitution. That's true, I don't defend any of them, not even those of my generation, because I, from my generation, was disappointed after being an admiral in the Venezuelan Navy, because of what I saw, what I saw during those critical moments for the country. Now, what can I think of a social communicator or an influencer who manipulates, jumps [sighs] from one place to another, seeks money, deceives, creates fake news, creates positions that aren't true? They sponsor and value people who are completely negative as politicians, as people to lead the country or to participate in the country's growth. How can I call, and how can I believe in, those people who jump from government to opposition, from traitors to bandits and from bandits to... Thieves? How can I answer that? I'll end with a popular saying: Money makes the world go round.

[01:17:02]Yes, I ca n't be any clearer. There are many people here who sold out to the highest bidder. No, thank you.

[01:17:10]Every man and every woman has their price.

[01:17:14]That's right. Well, my admiral, I'll see you next Friday. Yes, we'll do it at 7 p.m. as usual.

[01:17:22]Today, as I told you, I delayed the program a bit because of the mass I had said for my late wife, but I hope to have you with me next Friday at 7 p.m., is that alright?

[01:17:34]Yes, of course. Well, to say goodbye, thank you very much to the audience, and especially to you for inviting me to your program weekly. I ask the audience to express themselves, to say what they think and what they believe should be done, naming the bandits by name. If we continue to be enablers and pimps, we'll be back in the same boat. The Americans will leave, and we'll fall into the same trap, and we'll... Falling into the same sewer. So, it's time to take off the masks, you bandits.

[01:18:16]Good afternoon, good evening. Until next time, Admiral. Thank you very much.

[01:18:23]Good night.

[01:18:23]Well, you heard it. As I always say, draw your own conclusions, analyze the program, just as I told the Admiral to read the messages you posted, you should also give your opinion. He's telling you this: report them by name, and that's what the chat is for. People who are going to watch the program later, post what you think, and as always, I recommend you check out my social media. social media users to keep an eye on the programming and give us a solid, uncompromising show.

[01:18:56]Good evening everyone, enjoy your meal. Have a wonderful weekend with your family because this is Mother's Day weekend. Oh, and have a good time, of course. Stay tuned for the schedule.

[01:19:14]Go and come back for everyone. Hugs and see you next time.