Open letter to Norwegian editorially controlled media, the parliament and the government

– By Ane Hoel, Board member, Cuba Association in Norway, January 8, 2026

«J’accuse» – «I Accuse», is a reference to Émile Zola’s open letter in the “Dreyfus Affair”

Caracas 5. January 2026 from one of the daily demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital after Nicolas Maduro and his wife were abducted by US Special Forces.

By insisting on the lie that the re-election of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s President on July 28, 2024 was “stolen” from the far-right candidate, Norwegian politicians and the editorially controlled Norwegian press, including certain Norwegian academics, have laid the foundation for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s candidate, Maria Corina Machado. The editorially controlled Norwegian press, Norwegian politicians and the Nobel Committee have thereby supported the US attack on Venezuela, the abduction of the country’s president and the liquidation of a hitherto unknown number of people in connection with it. And not least, they have supported the US liquidation of over a hundred sailors off the coast of Venezuela in recent months.

Nicolás Maduro is not a dictator, as he is portrayed in editorial-controlled media in Norway. Nicolás Maduro is the trade unionist who, together with Hugo Chavez, insisted that Venezuela’s rich resources belong to the country’s population and should benefit them. Education, health and decent housing should be a human right. For the many, not for the few. That was not the case before. Then the oil money flowed unhindered into the pockets of large foreign companies.
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