A Venezuelan opposition leader revealed in an interview with Tania Costa the central mechanism that has allowed the Cuban dictatorship to survive for more than six decades and that Chavismo has adopted as its own: the strategy of resistance summarized in the mantra "if you resist, they give up."
Omar González Moreno, national leader of Vente Venezuela —a party founded and led by María Corina Machado— explained it with a detail that illustrates the calculated coldness of the Castro regime: on the walls of the Cuban government headquarters hang 14 photographs of U.S. heads of state, from Eisenhower to Trump II, as a constant reminder that the dictatorship has outlasted them all.
"The Castros in Cuba have 14 photographs of U.S. heads of state on the walls of the government headquarters as a kind of reminder, a sort of mantra that was transferred to Venezuela: if you resist, they give up," stated González Moreno in an interview with CiberCuba.
The leader was emphatic in stating that chavismo learned that lesson well: "They are good students of the Castros in Cuba."
According to González, this same logic explains the behavior of the Venezuelan regime in each round of negotiations: to pretend to be open, concede the bare minimum, and buy time. "In previous negotiations, they have managed to obtain what they sought, which was nothing other than to buy time to remain in power," he warned.
The opposition leader pointed out that the current calculations of the regime—led by Delcy Rodríguez in the absence of Nicolás Maduro—are aimed at a specific horizon: the midterm elections in the United States. "Maybe they are betting that Trump's term will end and looking for ways to stay in power through tricks, hardships, and failures," he said.
This analysis is set against the backdrop of the devastating earthquakes of June 24 in Venezuela, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, the strongest recorded in the country since 1900. The official death toll currently stands at 2,295 fatalities, with over 11,267 injured. NASA estimated that nearly 59,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
González attributes the magnitude of the catastrophe not only to the natural phenomenon but also to nearly three decades of Chavista corruption that dismantled hospitals, fire departments, and security forces. "At this moment, they are on display before the world. We need to address this at its roots," he stated.
The leader also made a direct appeal to the Trump administration not to replicate what he considers a failed experiment in Venezuela with Cuba. "Hopefully Trump will do his homework and put an end to that streak of Venezuela and Iran. I hope he doesn’t think about conducting an experiment like the one in Venezuela because there are the results."
González recalled that Venezuela has historically been one of the countries with the best ties to Washington on the continent. "The Venezuelan people admire the United States and it is the great ally of the United States. I believe it is one of the nations in the Americas that has always had the best relationships with the United States. Until Chávez came and broke that tradition," he emphasized.
For the leader of Vente Venezuela, the conclusion is unequivocal: "Castrismo and chavismo must be uprooted because otherwise, they buy time," and that time, he warned, is always paid for at the expense of the suffering of their peoples.
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