US forces seized the Venezuelan leader and took him out of the country after a series of strikes on the capital<\/p>\n
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro will emerge as an enduring political symbol similar to Simon Bolivar, Fidel Castro, and Che Guevara, secretary of the Decolonial International Network Foundation, Sandew Hira, has told RT.
\nMaduro was kidnapped along with his wife, Cilia Flores, during a US raid on Caracas on Saturday. Washington accuses the Venezuelan leader of narco-trafficking and weapons offenses \u2013 charges he has denied.
\nHira drew parallels between Maduro\u2019s detention and the fate of anti-imperialist leaders throughout history, arguing that attempts to remove such figures often elevate their political stature rather than diminish it.
\n\u201cMaduro has now been kidnapped, and Washington thinks that is the end,\u201d he said. \u201cBut this is just the beginning of the next phase of the liberation struggle.\u201d
\nHira compared Maduro\u2019s situation to that of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, who was captured by French forces in 1802, two years before Haiti achieved independence. The author of \u2018Decolonizing the Mind\u2019 highlighted that Venezuela\u2019s political tradition is closely tied to earlier liberation movements across Latin America and the Caribbean, including those in Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada.<\/p>\n
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According to Hira, calls to free Maduro and his wife could become a powerful rallying cry, similar to international campaigns surrounding figures such as Nelson Mandela. \u201cMaduro will grow into an international figure,\u201d he said, \u201clike Bolivar, Fidel and Che.\u201d
\nHe also argued that leaders opposing US influence are routinely portrayed negatively in Western media, while enjoying strong support at home and across the Global South.
\n\u201cAll anti-imperialist forces are branded as enemies,\u201d Hira said, adding that such narratives are increasingly questioned outside the West.
\nHira maintained that the removal of Maduro would not weaken Venezuela\u2019s political system, saying state institutions continue to function and the country remains under domestic control rather than foreign administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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