When Sovereignty Becomes a Threat
TRANSCEND MEMBERS, 3 Nov 2025
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service
For decades, the United States has punished nations that dared to act independently. From Venezuela to the Sahel, a new generation is rejecting the old empire’s script.
27 Oct 2025 – The mask has fallen. In a moment of verbal violence reminiscent of an old western, U.S. president Donald Trump openly called for the “removal” of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, accusing Venezuela of “threatening American interests, or supporting drug cartels.”
Let us be clear: this is not mere rhetoric. It is an explicit call for the murder of a sovereign head of state—a flagrant violation of international law.
Trump does not speak for the American people. He speaks for the multinationals, the military-industrial complex, and the corporate lobbies that thrive on chaos. Every time these powers wave their sanctions and threats, more nations awaken to the true face of empire.
Behind this new outburst of aggression lies an old and familiar strategy: destroy any government that dares to act independently of Washington. Since Hugo Chávez, Venezuela has chosen the path of sovereignty—controlling its own oil, defining its own economic priorities, and pursuing a foreign policy free of U.S. domination.
For the American establishment, that is an unforgivable crime.
From Iran in 1953 to Guatemala in 1954, from Chile in 1973 to Iraq in 2003, the script has barely changed. Governments that nationalize their resources, seek independent alliances, or challenge U.S. hegemony are branded as “dictatorships” or “terrorist regimes.” Their leaders are isolated, sanctioned, or removed.
The methods differ — covert coups during the Cold War, sanctions and hybrid warfare today — but the logic remains the same: to preserve global dominance through controlled instability.
Venezuela’s “crime” under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro has been the pursuit of sovereignty — reclaiming control over its oil, asserting an independent foreign policy, and building alliances beyond Washington’s reach. For the U.S. establishment, that is an intolerable act of defiance.
Caracas has endured attempted coups, crippling sanctions, and now open calls for violence. Yet despite the pressure, the Venezuelan people continue to resist, organize, and rebuild.
The latest sanctions imposed by Trump on Colombian president Gustavo Petro — and even his family — illustrate how far this imperial reflex extends. Petro, a lifelong advocate of peace and anti-corruption reform, is being punished simply for questioning U.S. policies. The message is clear: those who refuse alignment are treated as adversaries.
This strategy is not confined to Latin America. The same script has played out in Libya, where NATO’s intervention left a nation in ruins; in Iraq, where regime change unleashed decades of instability; and in Afghanistan, where twenty years of occupation ended in chaos. In Africa’s Sahel region, popular movements in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso now reject foreign domination, seeking new paths of sovereignty and solidarity.
Each time Washington resorts to sanctions or intervention, it weakens its own moral authority. Every act of coercion deepens global mistrust and strengthens the call for a multipolar world — one in which nations of the Global South reclaim their right to self-determination.
The struggle unfolding in Venezuela, Colombia, and across Africa is not just regional; it is civilizational. It speaks to a broader awakening — a collective realization that the age of empire is fading, and that dignity, unity, and independence remain the most powerful tools of resistance.
The world no longer trembles before the empire’s shadow.
From Latin America to Africa and Asia, nations stand tall — sovereign, unbowed, and awake.
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Tags: Africa, Anglo America, Anti-hegemony, Anti-imperialism, Coup, Latin America Caribbean, Maduro, Regime Change, Sahel, Trump, USA, Venezuela
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