{"id":313610,"date":"2026-02-23T13:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=313610"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:33:14","slug":"nobel-laureate-perez-esquivel-slams-trump-in-open-letter-to-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/02\/nobel-laureate-perez-esquivel-slams-trump-in-open-letter-to-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Laureate Perez Esquivel Slams Trump in Open Letter to Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_313611\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/adolfo-Esquivel1-1024x576-1.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313611\" class=\"wp-image-313611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/adolfo-Esquivel1-1024x576-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/adolfo-Esquivel1-1024x576-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/adolfo-Esquivel1-1024x576-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/adolfo-Esquivel1-1024x576-1-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-313611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel<br \/>Photo: EFE<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel sent an open letter, dated February 12, to former U.S. President Barack Obama to denounce Donald Trump\u2019s policies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>23 Feb 2026\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0In the letter, he described the current U.S. president as a \u201cglobal dictator\u201d and the \u201cnumber one terrorist.\u201d Perez Esquivel warned that Washington is pushing the world towards the abyss of nuclear war, breaking with the basic principles of international law.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>RELATED: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/perez-esquivel-un-pres-maduro-kidnapping\/\" >Perez Esquivel Demands UN Commission Inspect Pres. Maduro\u2019s Kidnapping<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A critical point of the complaint is the tightening of the blockade against Cuba. The Nobel laureate pointed out that Trump is trying to \u201ceconomically suffocate\u201d the island by preventing the arrival of vital supplies such as oil.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned the attempt to subjugate the Cuban people through hunger and blackmail by force of arms. In this regard, he urged Obama to return to the path of dialogue he initiated in his time to prevent further damage.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Venezuela, the intellectual denounced the military aggression perpetrated on January 3, calling it a direct invasion. He further rejected the kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and the First Combatant Cilia Flores, who remain detained in the USA without legal guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, Perez Esquivel demanded the immediate release of the leaders and recalled that Latin America and the Caribbean must be respected as a \u201cZone of Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2025424746049847372&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telesurenglish.net%2Fnobel-laureate-perez-esquivel-slams-trump-in-open-letter-to-obama%2F&amp;sessionId=a85003c0d12ce97e067a32079e5ad8bd1e29d3be&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2025424746049847372\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The letter also addresses the situation in the Middle East, holding Trump complicit in the genocide against the Palestinian people. He criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s impunity, despite the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>Perez Esquivel also questioned the mass persecution of immigrants and the threats of hegemony over countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Iran. He stressed that peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the direct result of social justice and sovereign respect.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that the irresponsibility of the Trump administration puts the stability of the entire hemisphere and global security at risk.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Obama to use his influence to mobilize the U.S. Congress and reverse these totalitarian policies.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/nobel-laureate-perez-esquivel-slams-trump-in-open-letter-to-obama\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; telesurenglish.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel sent a letter on 12 Feb 2026 to former President Barack Obama to denounce Donald Trump\u2019s policies describing him as a \u201cglobal dictator\u201d and the \u201cnumber one terrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":313611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[3912,1074,69,249,70],"class_list":["post-313610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nobel-laureates","tag-adolfo-perez-esquivel","tag-nobel-peace-prize","tag-obama","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313612,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313610\/revisions\/313612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}