Venezuela Is Free

Very early Saturday morning, the U.S. military sent special forces into the heart of Caracas, Venezuela. Not to kill their dictator, Nicolas Maduro, but to arrest him and his wife for a variety of serious drug crimes. In fact, the indictment alleges that Maduro was actually the head of a major drug cartel.

It was a stunning, swift and relatively bloodless military manoeuvre that has given hope to millions of Venezuelans who had been living in grinding poverty under Maduro’s authoritarian rule, ever since he stole the last election. (That’s not just the U.S. opinion — every international observer says it was stolen, and that’s the position of the Government of Canada and the European Union, too.)

Rebel journalists Alexa Lavoie and Efron Monsanto are reporting from Miami where they are covering this story from the point of view of the Venezuelan exiles living in Miami. They were surprised by this miraculous removal of the tyrant, someone who had haunted them and until now seemed impossible to remove. But after Trump’s surgical strike, everything feels possible again to them.

Many Cuban exiles live in Miami, too. And they’re hoping that Cuba will be the next Communist regime to fall.

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Rebel News is sending two journalists to fly down to cover this story from the point of view of the Venezuelan exiles living in Miami. They were surprised by this miraculous removal of the tyrant, someone who had haunted them and until now seemed impossible to remove. But after this morning’s surgical strike, everything feels possible again to them.

If you think it’s important to hear the other side of the story — directly from the mouths of people who had to flee Maduro’s atrocities — please consider chipping in a few dollars to cover the costs of our economy-class airfare to Miami, and our modest hotel.

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