Published at: 23/10/2025 04:20 PM

From Madrid, Spain, the fugitive from Venezuelan justice, Leopoldo López, re-escalated his interventionist rhetoric by publicly declaring that he “would welcome a U.S. attack on Venezuelan soil.”

These statements, made in an interview with the EFE agency, not only represent an explicit call for foreign aggression, but they also demonstrate the disconnection of sectors of the radical opposition with the interests of the Venezuelan people and demonstrate their subordination to North American imperialism.

López, convicted in 2015 for inciting violence during the guarimbas that left dozens dead, insisted that the “pressure” exerted by the United States (US), including the military deployment in the Caribbean that has already cost the lives of more than 30 civilians, must be intensified through “objectives within the national territory”.

With these words, the extremist opposition legitimizes a policy of hostility that has historically served to justify invasions and coups d'etat in the region under false pretexts, such as the fictitious “fight against drug trafficking”. In addition, in the interview, he promotes the idea of an “internal uprising”, omitting any mention of his participation in the coup attempt of April 30, 2019, which failed in the face of the loyalty of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and the popular rejection of destabilizing violence.

The Venezuelan government has repeatedly denounced that these types of pronouncements are part of a narrative aimed at endorsing foreign intervention disguised as a “democratic transition”, but which in reality responds to economic and geopolitical interests outside national sovereignty. While López and other extremist leaders reside abroad, it is the People who face the consequences of an illegal blockade and a media war aimed at undermining self-determination.

Mazo News Team