Socialism Cost Me My Country. Trump Arresting Maduro Might Help Us Get It Back

by Franklin Camargo

January 15, 2026

Fox News

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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