{"id":114036,"date":"2026-01-08T22:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=114036"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:27:01","slug":"diego-sequera-the-attack-on-venezuela-is-so-self-destructive-to-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/diego-sequera-the-attack-on-venezuela-is-so-self-destructive-to-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Sequera: \u2018The Attack on Venezuela Is So Self-Destructive to the U.S.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diego Sequera: \u2018The Attack on Venezuela Is So Self-Destructive to the U.S.\u2019\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lr0HnH2QQ38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live from Caracas, Venezuelan researcher and columnist for \u201cMisi\u00f3n Verdad\u201d (\u201cTruth Mission\u201d), Diego Sequera, spoke with EIR\u2019s Dennis Small on Jan. 8. Sequera concluded the discussion by explaining that the armed attack on Venezuela, and kidnapping of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, was \u201cso self-destructive to the United States.\u201d It not only means a return to imperial Gunboat Diplomacy against Venezuela and the whole Western Hemisphere; it also marks \u201ca policy overhaul along the lines of Trump\u2019s National Security Strategy document.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are witnessing \u201cdeeper trends\u201d of a broader global fight, which centers on expelling the interests of China, especially, from the Western Hemisphere, in order to \u201ccontrol supply chains, key assets, resources, chokepoints.\u201d Sequera noted that Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez today visited the Chinese embassy in Caracas. \u201cThat\u2019s about as clear a message as it gets,\u201d Sequera commented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that support for Venezuela against the naked aggression is coming not only from expected countries, but also from other players, such as Spain, that had previously been cool. \u201cThat\u2019s new,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small asked Sequera about the Trump administration\u2019s domino theory \u2013 that after Venezuela, other dominoes will follow, such as Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, and others. \u201cBut has Venezuela fallen?\u201d Sequera answered: \u201cThat\u2019s an easy answer: no, not at this point.\u201d There has been social breakdown. Nations are also history, ideas, and principles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sequera concluded by supporting the upcoming Jan. 12 EIR Emergency Round Table, \u201cIt\u2019s Worse Than You Think: The Strategic Implications of the Attack on Venezuela and How to Bring the World Back from the Brink.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It\u2019s Worse Than You Think: The Implications of the Attack on Venezuela &amp; How to Bring the World Back\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nj1xmBNdrIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live from Caracas, Venezuelan researcher and columnist for \u201cMisi\u00f3n Verdad\u201d (\u201cTruth Mission\u201d), Diego Sequera, spoke with EIR\u2019s Dennis Small on Jan. 8. Sequera concluded the discussion by explaining that the armed attack on Venezuela, and kidnapping of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, was \u201cso self-destructive to the United States.\u201d It not only means a return to imperial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":114037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114047,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114036\/revisions\/114047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}