Sam McGill, member of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain analyzes what's coming for Venezuela during the 2025-2031 mandate of President Nicolás Maduro.
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00:00Yeah, I think it has been absolutely crucial that in these recent months since September,
00:06with the opening of the anti-fascist meetings, the reunions, the international,
00:14the youth and students meeting that happened in November, the parliamentary sessions that happened,
00:20and now with this anti-fascist festival that has happened over the days of the inauguration of
00:26Maduro, thousands of young people, thousands of people from over over 100 different countries
00:34have come to Venezuela and they've come to Venezuela to see the reality of Venezuela.
00:39Some people that I've spoke to didn't know very much about Venezuela before and they're here to
00:44learn and it is so inspiring that they are learning so many things about the reality of Venezuela,
00:50about some of the really progressive policies and programs that Venezuela has implemented,
00:57that the Bolivarian revolution has implemented. We visited communas, we visited women's
01:03organizations, we were in the streets with thousands of Venezuelans. All of this is really
01:08important because those people will then go back to their countries and they will tell people what
01:14the reality is, what Venezuela's reality is. So when they are encountering people in
01:20their movements or people on the streets or their media saying, oh Venezuela is a dictatorship,
01:25there's no democracy, the people don't support Maduro, they have seen with their own eyes the
01:31truth, so they can challenge that. And of course the people who have come back to Venezuela
01:37and to participate in these congresses, it also helps to strengthen the relationship,
01:43strengthen the relationships between so many different countries. It's been fantastic to be
01:47in the congress on Thursday and today and see the multitude of different flags that are there.
01:57Not only Latin America, obviously it's very important to have the Latin America regional
02:01representation, however also the flags from the Caribbean, also the flags from the African Sahel
02:09states. We met comrades from Niger, comrades from Burkina Faso, comrades from Mali and this is also
02:16a really important pole that is developing, this new anti-imperialist pole that is developing
02:21in West Africa with the alliance of Sahel states. It's really important that this is recognized
02:26and the solidarity and the trade and the connections are already developing between
02:32Venezuela and the countries of ALBA and this new anti-imperialist pole in West Africa.
02:39And of course the participation from people from Britain, from the US, from Canada,
02:46the very countries that are sanctioning Venezuela, the very countries that are driving the imperialist
02:53agenda to try and destabilize Venezuela, to try and overthrow Nicolas Maduro, to try and get rid
03:00and crush the Bolivarian revolution. It's very important that the people who are in solidarity
03:05with Venezuela from these imperialist countries, from these heartlands, can attend Venezuela and go
03:12back and build solidarity and really fight from inside the stomach of the monster as we call it.