By Freddy Ñáñez, Venezuelan Minister of Communication The following is a statement delivered by the poet Freddy Ñáñez , Minister of Communication of Venezuela, to the World Poetry Movement, on January 11, 2026, published in spanish here. Translation by UWI. “Every era has its fascism: its warning signs are evident everywhere. (…) It denies citizens the possibility and the capacity ...
The US intervention in Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro have become the top political issue in Türkiye. Television channels, newspapers, social media, politicians, and the public are following developments minute by minute and debating them intensely. Below, we outline the most prominent statements, debates, and developments in Türkiye in 14 points. — 1) Erdoğan’s silence Hours after ...
By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu “If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings. The attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.” Nelson Mandela The foreign policy of the United States has been characterized by expansionism and interventionism ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Political scientist and UWI writer Onur Sinan Güzaltan discussed the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Türkiye-based Meltem TV. How do you assess the US attacks on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro? Even calling the US a rogue state to describe this action would be an understatement. We are talking about the abduction ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela, which disregarded international law, and the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro were not only a move to change the regime, but also the final nail in the coffin of the rules-based global order established after the Second World War. The military operation carried out by another country to detain ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, from Caracas / Venezuela I dreamed of airplanesthat clouded the day, just when people were singing and laughing the most. I dreamed of airplanesthat were killing each other, destroying the grace of the clear morning. If I think I was madeto dream of the sun and to say things that awaken love, how is it possible ...
UWI author Yunus Soner has travelled various times to Venezuela and spent last year an entire month in the country during the presidential elections. He provided an interview to Turkish TV channel TV24 after the US hijacking of Venezuelan President Maduro. Below is the transcription of the interview. You are someone who knows the region and the stance of the ...
The attack on Venezuela once again laid bare a fact: the Western world, the Atlantic world, has completely abandoned its founding principles. With this attack, the death of a liberalism that has long been on life support is effectively being declared. Western civilization was built on principles such as the protection of life and property, security of trade, and the ...
Statements have been issued from Russia and the European Union regarding the US attack on Venezuela. Russia condemned the attacks, while the European Union “diplomatically” and tacitly supported the US attacks. Russia condemns the attacks The Russian Foreign Ministry issued the following statement regarding the US attacks on Venezuela; “This morning, the United States carried out an act of armed ...
In response to the US attack, the Venezuela government made a first written statement. UWI publishes the first official statement from Caracas below. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the grave military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and its population in the civilian ...