As we pointed out recently, in a prophetic utterance, Maria Esperanza, the mystic from Caracas, Venezuela, once famously intoned, concerning future challenge, that “it will start here.”

She was speaking about major future events, but it was never clear (Maria died in 2004) whether she was referring to natural disasters or military ones.

It also was confusing because at the time, Venezuela simply didn’t seem like a likely geopolitical hotspot, nor likely to become one.

As a website pointed out, this was said at a time when Venezuela was a prosperous country.

Fast-forward to the present. It is now in dire economic crisis, one that started in 2014 amid socialist policies which, due to a drop in oil prices, led to a situation worse than the Great Depression: thirty-two million Venezuelans are unable to afford food and hospitals and are without means for basic medicine. Ironically, this all occurs as the Vatican canonized the first Venezuelan saints while the U.S. is now also indicating conflict with Colombia. (Will the cause of Esperanza, which has been transferred from New Jersey to Venezuela, soon progress?)

A place of challenge, a place of turmoil, and a potential military hotspot, it now is, with the U.S. stationing eight battleships in the vicinity, along with a nuclear submarine, fighter jets, and ten thousand troops at the ready in the region (mainly in Puerto Rico or other proximate parts of the Caribbean).

That’s due to the drug trafficking that has flowed from Venezuela to the United States, very possibly at the behest of the current dictator, Nicolás Maduro, who is not acknowledged as the legitimate victor in the country’s last election and has a history steeped in organized crime and narcotics trafficking. The U.S. has expressed an interest in replacing him and has been firing on drug boats headed for American shores. It is operating covertly on Venezuelan soil and flying B-52s overhead. A series of little confrontations could indeed expand into a very significant military operation.

How might global disaster spring from this—a regional dispute—and become the fulfillment of prophecies pertaining to the global future?

Venezuela has vast crude oil and mineral resources, giving it strategic value to many powers. That’s number one.

Two: Maduro has cultivated relationships with countries that are often at odds with the U.S. and Western Europe (Russia, Iran, China) for economic, military, and diplomatic backing.

As it is, we’re on the verge of confrontation with Russia over Ukraine—along with Iran, which is still smarting from the American annihilation of its key nuclear installations. Iran, meanwhile, is providing many of the drones Russia is using to decimate Ukraine and fly over NATO countries in a threatening manner. Once kinetic conflict starts, the risks can spiral.

If the U.S. or another major power were to launch a significant military operation to try and topple Maduro or establish control over key Venezuelan oil assets, its allies, including Russia, might see that as a strategic threat and intervene militarily via naval task forces, air strikes, or missile deployments. In response to any U.S. action, China may ramp up its own regional conflicts (read: Taiwan). This could directly pit major powers against one another.

Likeliest scenario right now: A tense, sanction-heavy standoff with periodic incidents and limited cross‑border clashes; humanitarian and migration pressures intensify; and diplomatic oscillation. We are in a time of great uncertainty. No wonder Mary has come as “Queen of Peace.”

In the U.S., millions are demonstrating against the current president, new kinds of law enforcement are in place, and artillery shells sailed over a California freeway last weekend, ostensibly in celebration of a Marine base’s anniversary but also as protests were taking place there.

Are we looking at civil war?

In the Caribbean, might there be another Cuban missile crisis?

Pray and stay tuned…

[Resources: Tower of Light]

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