As we pointed out recently, Maria Esperanza, the mystic from Caracas, Venezuela, in a prophetic utterance, once rather famously intoned 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 Venezuela simply didn’t seem like a likely geopolitical hotspot. As a website pointed out, this was said at a time when Venezuela was a prosperous country.

It is now is in dire economic crises, one which started in 2014 amid socialist policies that, because of the drop in oil prices, led to a situation worse than the Great Depression in the U.S., with thirty-two million Venezuelans unable to afford food and hospitals without means to even buy basic medicines.

But a 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.

The U.S. has expressed an interest in replacing him (perhaps with force) and has been firing on drug boats headed for American shores. America is also operating covertly on Venezuelan soil and flying B-52s overhead.

A series of little confrontations could 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 spiral.

If the U.S. or another major power were to launch a significant military operation (e.g. invasion, air campaign) to try to topple Maduro or establish control over key Venezuelan assets (oil, ports), Venezuela’s allies (again, including Russia, China, and Iran) might see that as a strategic threat and intervene militarily via naval task forces, air strikes, or missile deployments.

Or, nations like China may simply ramp up their own regional conflicts, such as 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; diplomacy oscillates.

Are we looking at another Cuban missile crisis?

Pray and stay tuned…