Socialism cost me my country. Trump arresting Maduro might help us get it back |
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis explains redistricting efforts in Florida and discusses the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on 'Sunday Night in America.'
I never thought I’d see the man who destroyed my family’s life in handcuffs. But that’s exactly what happened when American forces recently captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife. "Trump is doing it!" my mother told me through tears over the phone. I never heard her happier. I was in shock. I stared at my phone, scrolling through videos and breaking news on X — my mother was right.
When I was growing up in Venezuela, I suffered alongside my parents who were forced to close our cosmetics business thanks to socialist government price controls. My parents made sacrifices and didn’t eat so I could.
Those experiences inspired me to become a college campus activist in Venezuela against Maduro’s regime. I spoke out and promoted the truth about capitalism and liberty. I was soon expelled from school, labeled a terrorist and threatened with prison time.
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My cousin had already been jailed for his activism, and my family did not want the same for me. So we fled seeking political asylum in America.
It saved my life. America gave me a future of freedom and opportunity. And now, thanks to President Donald Trump, I have witnessed a measure of justice I never imagined possible.
My family and friends still in Venezuela are overjoyed. Perhaps there are no people more grateful for America’s president right now than........