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In this explosive episode, Professor PLO Lumumba peels back the layers of U.S. foreign policy to reveal a calculated attempt by the Trump administration to topple Venezuela’s government, control its oil reserves, and reassert American dominance in Latin America. Delivered with Lumumba’s signature clarity and candor, the conversation traces a dangerous pattern of regime change, ideological warfare, and economic bullying masked as democracy.

🇻🇪 Why Venezuela?

According to Lumumba, Venezuela is now a strategic pawn in a global geopolitical game. It has vast oil deposits, a leftist government under President Nicolás Maduro, and is closely aligned with other BRICS nations like Brazil and China. The U.S. — especially under Trump — views this alignment as a direct threat to the dollar-dominated world order.

Trump’s open declaration that the CIA is conducting covert operations in Venezuela, paired with a visible military buildup in the Caribbean Sea, signals a return to gunboat diplomacy. Lumumba notes that rarely does a U.S. president admit CIA operations publicly — but Trump’s bold rhetoric serves both as a domestic play to please right-wing Christians and a geopolitical warning to Russia, China, and BRICS.

🎭 Regime Change in Disguise

Trump’s foreign policy, Lumumba argues, is transactional and unpredictable. While touting “peace,” Trump has supported tactics that mirror Cold War-era U.S. interventions in Latin America, including:

• Support for opposition candidates like Juan Guaidó
• Nobel Peace Prize manipulation to boost pro-U.S. figures
• Use of NGOs and civil society fronts to destabilize governments
• Targeted media narratives to brand Maduro a “drug trafficker” and “dictator”

This is not new, Lumumba reminds us. It’s the same playbook used against Salvador Allende in Chile, Noriega in Nicaragua, and Fidel Castro in Cuba. What’s new is the narrative warfare being waged through awards, media optics, and diplomacy cloaked in the language of “human rights” and “democracy.”

🌎 The Global South & the BRICS Challenge

For Lumumba, Venezuela’s fate is symbolic of a wider global shift. The rise of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has begun to threaten U.S. economic supremacy. China now leads in trade and manufacturing, and countries like Brazil under Lula are increasingly resisting American influence.

The U.S. fears this multipolar world. By toppling Venezuela, America aims to:

• Disrupt BRICS unity in Latin America
• Create a compliant government as a regional buffer
• Secure long-term control of oil resources
• Reassert dominance over the Caribbean and South America

🔥 Lessons for Africa & the Global South

Lumumba warns that Africa must watch closely. What’s happening in Venezuela is part of a broader pattern of neocolonialism through soft power, economic dependence, and foreign-funded political interference.

“As long as we don’t fund our own institutions and governance, we will always be dictated to,” Lumumba says.

He urges African nations to:

• Rethink their political systems and foreign alliances
• Fund their own elections and institutions
• Refuse conditional aid that comes with external influence
• Recognize the hidden costs of Western “support”

🧠 The Takeaway

This is not just a Latin American issue. Venezuela is a case study in modern regime change, wrapped in diplomacy, tech, and trade sanctions. The Trump administration’s moves, from CIA deployments to tariff wars, show that America is not retreating from global politics — it’s repositioning for dominance.

Whether in Africa, Latin America, or Asia, the Global South must now navigate a world of shifting powers, resource wars, and soft colonization. As Lumumba puts it, “The world is being shaken, and Africa must wake up.”

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👉 Trump’s Hidden War: Why Venezuela is the New Target | PLO Lumumba Explains