By Luis Manuel Aguana
Few professions have the concept of "emergency" inherently linked to their day-to-day work. The DRAE (Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy) defines "emergency"—in its third sense—as a "situation of danger or disaster requiring immediate action." It seems obvious that the word is associated with the medical profession, or with roles such as firefighters or paramedics. If someone suffers a serious accident, the priority is to administer first aid and call an ambulance to transport them to a hospital. No one would suggest waiting for a family member to arrive to transport the person. It is an emergency, and whatever measures are necessary are taken to prevent the person from dying.
Some people are not accustomed to acting in emergencies. They freeze, become nervous, or even try to ignore the problem. Yet the emergency remains, and the situation worsens as time passes. Doctors know what to do when an accident occurs; handling such situations is built into their professional training. Firefighters know what to do when a fire breaks out; they are trained for it. However, in other professions, the sense of emergency is certainly not experienced in the same way.
Does a politician truly grasp what must be done when a country lies in ruins and people are wasting away and dying in hospitals? Do they know how to act when the population—especially the most vulnerable—lacks the means to buy the bare essentials for survival? Are they properly trained to take the necessary measures in the face of hyperinflation? Do they know how to confront the widespread collapse of public services or the lack of water in entire communities?
European politicians in the post-war era had to grapple with crises of such magnitude, and they knew what to do. Yet, expecting the same from Venezuelan politicians seems like asking too much—not only because of their glaring inexperience in handling crises of this nature, but also because we never see them engaged in anything other than the pursuit of elected office.
After the regime’s undeclared war against the population—which has wrought destruction comparable to that of an armed conflict—it is painfully obvious that the practice of politics in Venezuela provides no experience relevant to tackling the country's emergency. They do not even seem to feel the urgency of the situation! So much so that, in the face of this ongoing disaster, the only thing they have offered the people is a call to wait months or years for new elections. Meanwhile, Venezuela lies bleeding out on the pavement, waiting for someone to show compassion and realize that the nation cannot wait any longer—that it must be loaded into an ambulance and rushed to a hospital, because this is a disaster demanding immediate action; that is precisely why it is an emergency.
Having explained the necessary basic action, I must now explain who can carry it out. Since there is no one in the country's political sector capable of grasping the concept of a national emergency, I have no choice but to appeal to those who took the initiative to remove Nicolás Maduro Moros and his wife, while leaving behind the very people who were their accomplices in the wholesale looting of Venezuela.
It is a widely known and publicized fact that the United States has forcibly assumed control of the country—as President Donald Trump clearly stated in several of his remarks following January 3rd, particularly the first one, made at the press conference held the very day Maduro was removed, in which he affirmed that he would administer Venezuela:
“P: President, thank you. Are you saying that Secretary Hegseth y Rubio are going to be running Venezuela and will you be sending in US military troops to provide…?
DT: There will be a team that's working with the people of Venezuela to make sure that we have Venezuela, right? Because for us to just leave, who's going to take over? I mean there is nobody to take over. You have a vice president who's been appointed by Maduro and right now she's the vice president and she's I guess the president. She was sworn as president just a little while ago. She had a long conversation with Marco and she said we'll do whatever you need. Uh she I think she was quite gracious. But she really doesn't have a choice. We're going to have this done right. We're not going to just do this with Maduro then leave like everybody else. leave and say, you know, let it go to hell. If we just left, it has zero chance of ever coming back. We'll run it properly. We'll run it professionally. We'll have the greatest oil companies in the world go in and invest billions and billions of dollars and take out money, use that money in Venezuela. And the biggest beneficiary are going to be the people of Venezuela…” (see CNN, Trump says 'We're going to run Venezuela”, in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA48gVurn4A&t=482s).
There's nothing more to say. If they leave, "let it go to hell". Five months have been more than enough to make it clear that there will be no investments or improvements in any of the country's economic aspects as long as the same people who accompanied Maduro remain in power until January 3, 2026.
And the worst part is that, according to information that is beginning to circulate, people are starting to blame the government for this disaster, whose sole responsibility, in the first place, is the regime that brought us this socialist plague: "Discontent over US intervention grows in Venezuela: This isn't getting better, it's getting worse every day" (see in Spanish headline of La Patilla, June 16, 2026, in https://lapatilla.com/2026/06/16/el-malestar-por-la-intervencion-estadounidense-crece-en-venezuela-esto-no-mejora-empeora-cada-dia/). The regime is already beginning to manipulate what is happening.
This situation—compounded by pressure from the opposition to President Trump in the U.S. Congress demanding an electoral timeline for Venezuela (despite the impossibility of such a step without first completing the initial two phases of the plan unveiled by Secretary of State Marco Rubio)—means the Venezuela operation risks becoming a failure, following the success demonstrated to the world and to American voters on January 3.
It is in the interest of both the Trump administration and ordinary Venezuelans to immediately resolve the emergency situation caused by 27 years of continuous looting and widespread death and tragedy under the regime led by Nicolás Maduro Moros and his narco-socialist scourge.
If, as announced, the U.S. government is administering Venezuela—as President Trump declared on January 3—it is time to correct course and establish a new Emergency Government for Venezuela. This would bring the country to the conditions required to complete the first two phases of the Trump-Rubio plan, allowing the optimal time needed to reach the plan's electoral transition phase. That is, in reality, the immediate consequence of a military intervention in any country.
A National Emergency Government—appointed by the US and composed of Venezuelans of integrity, technocrats expert in every aspect of Venezuela's dire situation, and individuals concerned solely with the country's well-being—would pick Venezuela up off the pavement and rush it to an emergency hospital to undergo the treatments necessary for its economic and social crisis. Only when the country is capable of responding to this treatment could it withstand free, fair, and verifiable elections featuring a new vote-counting system.
I assure you that no one would object to such a decision, save for those within the regime and the opposition who stand to be held accountable for their past misdeeds. And I believe the fate that befell the leader of the *Tren de Aragua* in Bolívar State should serve as a sufficient deterrent to make them think twice.
I only hope that President Trump and his team understand that there are shared interests between the citizens of his country and the Venezuelan majority—interests that transcend party lines or electoral considerations of any kind, and that reflect a simple desire for peace, prosperity, and a good quality of life. Yet, this can only be achieved by addressing the urgency of the severe crisis we are living through in Venezuela. If President Trump, on behalf of his citizens, took the first step toward ending the Venezuelan tragedy, I believe he could well finish what he started and help realize the shared aspirations we all desire. Otherwise, we would—regrettably—lose everything that has been achieved so far...
Caracas, June 16, 2026
Blog: TIC’s & Derechos Humanos, https://ticsddhh.blogspot.com/
Email: luismanuel.aguana@gmail.com
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