Maduro’s kidnapping and exile conforms to — and is consistent with — long-established colonial practices historically used by imperial powers when invading foreign lands and encountering resistance.

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Maduro’s kidnapping and exile conforms to — and is consistent with — long-established colonial practices historically used by imperial powers when invading foreign lands and encountering resistance. A similar pattern can be observed in the case of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled into exile following the 2014 “color revolution”. Across history, detention and exile has functioned as a routine instrument of domination, deployed to neutralize resistant leaders, dismantle local power structures, and impose external political authority. Notable precedents include: Africa •Samory Touré (Guinea / West Africa) — Resisted French expansion during the 1880s–1890s; captured in 1898 and exiled to Gabon, where he died in 1900. •King Prempeh I (Asante / Ghana) — Opposed British control; arrested in 1896 and exiled to the Seychelles until his return in 1924. •Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa (Asante / Ghana) — Led the 1900 War of the Golden Stool; captured in 1901 and exiled to the Seychelles, where she died in 1921. •King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (Zulu Kingdom / South Africa) — Resisted British authority; convicted of treason in 1890 and exiled to St. Helena for seven years, later subjected to internal restrictions and imprisonment. •Lalla Fatma N’Soumer (Kabyle / Algeria) — Fought French conquest in the 1850s; captured in 1857 and held in restrictive detention (a form of internal exile) until her death in 1863. •Mohammed V (Morocco) — Opposed French colonial rule; exiled in 1953 to Corsica and later Madagascar, returning in 1955. Asia •Emilio Aguinaldo (Philippines) — Led resistance against Spain and later the United States; accepted exile in Hong Kong in 1897 under a Spanish pact, later captured by U.S. forces in 1901 and permitted to return to political life. •José Rizal (Philippines) — Critic of Spanish colonial abuses; exiled to Dapitan from 1892–1896 before being executed in 1896. •Sukarno (Indonesia) — Nationalist leader resisting Dutch rule; exiled internally to Flores (1934–1938) and Bengkulu (1938–1942). •Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashtun / British India) — Non-violent anti-colonial activist; repeatedly imprisoned and subjected to internal exile by British authorities in the 1930s–1940s, and later repressed by Pakistan. •Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cường Để (Vietnam) — Supported anti-French nationalist movements; exiled in 1906, spending most of his life abroad, primarily in Japan. South America & the Caribbean •Túpac Amaru II (Peru / Quechua leader) — Led the 1780–1781 uprising against Spanish rule; executed in 1781, while family members were exiled or imprisoned (his son Fernando was deported to Spain). •José Artigas (Uruguay) — Federalist and indigenous-aligned resistance leader; defeated in 1820 and lived in exile in Paraguay until his death in 1850. •Toussaint Louverture (Haiti) — Leader of the Haitian Revolution; captured by France in 1802, deported and imprisoned in France, where he died in 1803. Colonial Exile as a Systemic Tool •The Seychelles served as a major British colonial exile hub, where resistance figures from Africa and beyond — including Ashanti and Malagasy leaders — were deported to weaken local authority structures. •In Fiji, indigenous chiefs opposing British-backed power arrangements were exiled or internally relocated to consolidate colonial control.

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