Jorge Arreaza speaks at Chavista demonstration. Photo: EFE.
“Imperialist bombs will only deepen the Bolivarian Revolution,” Jorge Arreaza proclaimed at a huge Chavista mobilization in Caracas.
From the mass-mobilization led by Venezuelaâs communes, Jorge Arreaza condmned US criminal aggression in Venezuela and called for unity and confidence in the country’s revolutionary Bolivarian leadership in the face of the illegal kidnapping of the presidential couple.
On Wednesday, crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands, representing the communes and communal counciles across Venezuela, took to the streets of Caracas to demand the release of President NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who remain illegally detained in a maximum-security prison in New York after being kidnapped during the aggression carried out by the United States on January 3.
During the rally, Jorge Arreaza, rector of the National University of the Communes, declared that âsocialism in Venezuela is the commune.â He recalled the maxim of former President Hugo ChĂĄvez: âThe commune is the territory where we are going to build socialism. In other words, without the commune there is no socialism.â The mobilization, Arreaza emphasized, sought to defend these revolutionary principles.
At a crucial moment for the nation in the face of imperialist aggression, Arreaza urged communal members to maintain âconfidence in the political high command of the Bolivarian Revolution.â He warned emphatically: âDo not be led astray by intrigues, do not be led astray by rumors,â calling for firm support for Acting President Delcy RodrĂguez, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, National Assembly President Jorge RodrĂguez, and Minister for Communes and Social Movements Ăngel Prado.
He expressed firm conviction that âthrough the golden doors of Miraflores Palace, sooner rather than later, we will see President NicolĂĄs Maduro enter hand in hand with his wife Cilia Flores de Maduro, and they will return, and we will embrace them, and you will embrace them in the streets.â
The former foreign minister consistently highlighted President Maduroâs work in empowering the people over recent years, stating that the president has devoted significant efforts to âhanding power over to the people in their territories.â He cited the reorganization of communal spokespersons with the support of the National Electoral Council (CNE), a process that has been intensively underway since 2022.
Arreaza underscored the popular consultations promoted by Maduro, recalling the presidentâs words: âIt is not through the ministries, it is not through the institutions; it is the people who will tell us what their needs are and where we should invest those resources.â
Addressing the complex political and social context, Arreaza acknowledged the persistent threats from the United States. In this context, Arreaza invoked Antonio Gramsciâs thesis of the âwhip of the counterrevolution,â whichâaccording to the teachings of Commander ChĂĄvez and President Maduroââdoes nothing but accelerate the Revolution.â He argued that âthe imperialist bombs of the counterrevolution will only deepen the Bolivarian Revolution, communal democracy, and the communal stateâ in the country.
Finally, Arreaza issued an urgent call for coordinated and united action throughout the country. He urged that the spirit of the current mobilization be replicated in every commune and Communal Council, thereby strengthening grassroots popular organization. The fundamental objective, he noted, is to consolidate the resistance of the Venezuelan people and decisively advance the deepening of the revolutionary process in the face of the complex external and internal challenges confronting the nation.
US Militarization of Latin America is Expanding at Breakneck Speed
Â
(TeleSUR)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
OT/CB/SL
Cameron Baillie is an award-winning journalist, editor, and researcher. He won and was shortlisted for awards across Britain and Ireland. He is Editor-in-Chief of New Sociological Perspectives graduate journal and Commissioning Editor at The Student Intifada newsletter. He spent the first half of 2025 living, working, and writing in Ecuador. He does news translation and proofreading work with The Orinoco Tribune.
