{"id":62372,"date":"2025-12-13T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62372"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:29:30","slug":"spanish-socialism-and-the-maduro-dictatorship-a-desperate-attempt-at-mutual-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/13\/spanish-socialism-and-the-maduro-dictatorship-a-desperate-attempt-at-mutual-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish socialism and the Maduro dictatorship: a desperate attempt at mutual salvation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish socialism and Venezuelan socialism are experiencing their darkest moments, and that perhaps explains certain things.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/11\/the-sinking-of-socialism-in-spain-will-sanchez-go-from-la-moncloa-to-soto-del-real\/\">The sinking of socialism in Spain: Will S\u00e1nchez go from La Moncloa to Soto del Real?<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/16\/what-should-the-world-do-if-a-gang-of-drug-traffickers-takes-over-a-country\/\">What should the world do if a gang of drug traffickers takes over a country?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/noticias\/20251212\/sanchez-tilda-inaceptables-ataques-eeuu-contra-supuestas-narcolanchas-pide-solucion-pacifica\/16855800.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro S\u00e1nchez described the United States' operations against drug trafficking in Venezuela as \"unacceptable,\"<\/a> stating: <em>\"We must find ways of dialogue and a peaceful solution to this crisis.\"<\/em> Let us remember that these operations are related to the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/16\/what-should-the-world-do-if-a-gang-of-drug-traffickers-takes-over-a-country\/\">Venezuela has been hijacked by a drug trafficking gang, the Cartel of the Suns<\/a>, <strong>which has Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as its top leader<\/strong>. It is a criminal organization whose structures are embedded within the Venezuelan dictatorship itself.<\/p>\n<p>That criminal organization <a href=\"https:\/\/cl.usembassy.gov\/es\/departamento-del-tesoro-sanciona-a-un-cartel-venezolano-dirigido-por-maduro\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has infested the United States with the illegal trafficking of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/el-consumo-del-fentanilo-cae-en-ee-uu-pero-sigue-siendo-un-reto-urgente-para-la-salud-publica-248575\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">causing more than 200,000 deaths since 2023<\/a>. These are figures typical of a war, which is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/justice-department-drug-boat-strike-memo-83711582\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the US government has classified fentanyl as a chemical weapon<\/a> being used against its own population. <strong>Is S\u00e1nchez proposing that the US negotiate with criminals who are killing American citizens?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The position of the Spanish Socialist leader is no surprise. Exactly one year earlier, on December 12, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/12\/psoe-votes-against-demanding-dictator-maduro-to-end-repression-in-venezuela\/\">S\u00e1nchez and his party, the PSOE, voted against a motion calling for an end to repression in Venezuela and the release of all political prisoners<\/a>. In short, <strong>S\u00e1nchez and his party have been acting as accomplices of Maduro's socialist dictatorship.<\/strong> The alignment between the two goes beyond ideology and ventures into murky waters.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish media have been reporting for some time on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemadrid.es\/programas\/el-analisis--diario-de-la-noche\/Los-negocios-internacionales-de-Zapatero-del-crudo-venezolano-al-lobby-chino-2-2796040370--20250709123906.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the important business dealings of former Spanish Socialist president Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero<\/a>, an influential member of the PSOE who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozpopuli.com\/espana\/politica\/zapatero-presidente-en-la-sombra-su-tupida-telarana-de-poder-crece-sin-freno.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acts as a shadow party president<\/a>, <strong>wielding considerable influence Regarding S\u00e1nchez's government<\/strong>, which \u2014as I already pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/11\/the-sinking-of-socialism-in-spain-will-sanchez-go-from-la-moncloa-to-soto-del-real\/\">here<\/a> two days ago\u2014 also explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/11\/chinese-communism-is-already-referring-to-pedro-sanchezs-spain-as-the-china-of-europe\/\">its rapprochement with the Chinese communist dictatorship<\/a>, with which <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.elmundo.es\/espana\/2025\/08\/10\/68988b2d21efa0846c8b45b4.html\">Zapatero also has important links<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, events have been unfolding rapidly for the socialists in Spain and Venezuela. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/11\/the-sinking-of-socialism-in-spain-will-sanchez-go-from-la-moncloa-to-soto-del-real\/\">This week's legal proceedings in Spain against an airline linked to the Maduro dictatorship<\/a>, which was irregularly bailed out by the government with 53 million euros in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozpopuli.com\/espana\/la-reapertura-de-la-causa-sobre-plus-ultra-golpea-al-gobierno-y-apunta-a-zapatero-.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are now pointing towards Zapatero<\/a>. A few days ago it was revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertaddigital.com\/internacional\/estados-unidos\/2025-12-06\/washington-tiene-pruebas-solidas-contra-zapatero-y-otros-miembros-de-anteriores-gobiernos-7329958\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the United States also has the former Spanish socialist president in its sights<\/a> for his relationship with the Maduro dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, <strong>S\u00e1nchez's criticism of the US for its operations against the Cartel of the Suns displays an unhealthy consistency<\/strong> with his peculiar way of fighting this criminal scourge in Spain. Let us remember that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertaddigital.com\/espana\/politica\/2024-02-11\/marlaska-desmantelo-en-2022-la-unidad-de-elite-contra-el-narcotrafico-a-pesar-de-las-advertencias-de-la-guardia-civil-7095786\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2022, the S\u00e1nchez government dissolved an elite police unit that was successfully combating drug trafficking<\/a> in southern Spain, a decision that <strong>favored illegal drug trafficking from Morocco<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/09\/pedro-sanchez-morocco-and-secrecy-as-a-prelude-to-something-much-worse\/\">whose regime S\u00e1nchez treats with even more servility than Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that curious coincidence regarding drug trafficking, <strong>S\u00e1nchez's situation is easy to understand: if the Venezuelan socialist regime falls, it could drag Spanish socialism down with it<\/strong>, exposing the underlying nature of the perverse relationship between the two. At a time when his government is besieged by corruption scandals, <strong>S\u00e1nchez's criticism of US operations against Venezuelan drug trafficking is not a mere coincidence.<\/strong> Moreover, it gives the impression that we are witnessing <strong>a desperate attempt at mutual salvation by the S\u00e1nchez government and the Maduro regime.<\/strong> Let's hope we see both fall soon, for the good of Spain and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: Efe. Dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro with former socialist president of the Spanish government Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero in October 2022.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish socialism and Venezuelan socialism are experiencing their darkest moments, and that perhaps explains certain things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11471],"tags":[25309,710,6548,693,2721,10796,11462,159],"class_list":["post-62372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hispanicity","tag-cartel-of-the-suns","tag-zapatero","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-psoe","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-socialism","tag-spain","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}