The Truth About Venezuela Under Socialism, From Those Who Fled It
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
Too much mainstream coverage still treats Venezuela as an abstract policy argument, as if “socialism” is just a different budget spreadsheet. Stories like these remind us it is also a system that punishes dissent, weaponizes scarcity, and turns ordinary life into a negotiation with fear. That reality rarely fits the tidy narratives that blame everything on sanctions or “polarization.
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The Truth About Venezuela Under Socialism, From Those Who Fled It Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),DORAL, Fla.—Zarai Maza survived a torched vehicle and a horrific car crash after peacefully protesting the Venezuelan regime, an unacceptable act in her home country, where speaking out could cost you your life or those of your family members.(L–R) Accountant Carlos Higuerey, human rights advocate Zarai Maza, and political activist Daniel Tirado all fled Venezuela and now live in the United States.
Though they come from different walks of life, they all say the Maduro regime persecuted them and their family members, prompting them to flee. Courtesy of Carlos Higuerey, Zarai Maza, Daniel TiradoShe said she believes that the Venezuelan dictatorship was trying to kill h...
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Too much mainstream coverage still treats Venezuela as an abstract policy argument, as if “socialism” is just a different budget spreadsheet. Stories like these remind us it is also a system that punishes dissent, weaponizes scarcity, and turns ordinary life into a negotiation with fear. That reality rarely fits the tidy narratives that blame everything on sanctions or “polarization.”
Conservatives should be clear-eyed: Venezuela is a warning about what happens when state power replaces civil society and politics becomes a permission structure for basic survival. When government controls food, medicine, and jobs, loyalty stops being voluntary. That is not compassion. It is coercion dressed up as planning.
There is also an America First lesson here. Border integrity and asylum decisions depend on public trust and honest definitions. Victims of a dictatorship deserve clarity, not chaos, and the U.S. should act with national security and rule of law in mind.
The principle at stake is simple: a free society cannot outsource liberty to an all-powerful state and expect it to stay humane.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.