Despierta Venezuela Inc. is submitting this petition after conducting a broad civic survey and listening campaign among Venezuelans inside Venezuela and across our Venezuelan community abroad. Over the past several days, thousands of Venezuelans have expressed a clear and urgent desire to open a serious public discussion about the possibility of Venezuela being considered as the 51st state of the United States.

This petition does not come from a political party, a candidate, or a partisan movement. It comes from a civic organization and a Venezuelan community that is tired of seeing an entire nation destroyed by failed leadership, broken institutions, insecurity, corruption, poverty, forced migration, and the separation of families.

For more than 27 years, Venezuela has suffered a deep political, economic, social, and moral collapse. The current ruling leadership has failed the country. At the same time, much of the traditional opposition leadership has also failed to provide a transparent, credible, united, and effective path to govern, stabilize, and rebuild the nation.

Many Venezuelans no longer trust the same political class that has repeatedly placed power struggles, personal interests, internal divisions, and political calculations above the needs of the people. Venezuela does not simply need another change of political faces. Venezuela needs order, security, rule of law, transparent institutions, economic reconstruction, and a serious long-term plan backed by real capacity.

This is why many Venezuelans are asking for a historic alternative.

According to UNHCR, nearly 7.9 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have left the country globally. This is not a normal political crisis. This is one of the largest displacement crises in the world and a national tragedy that has affected families across Venezuela, Latin America, the United States, and beyond.

Despierta Venezuela Inc. respectfully calls upon the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, the United States Congress, and the U.S. Department of State to formally study the legal, diplomatic, constitutional, security, economic, and humanitarian feasibility of allowing Venezuela to begin a serious democratic process to be considered as the 51st state of the United States.

We understand that this process would not be automatic, simple, or immediate. Under Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, new states may be admitted by Congress into the Union. Any serious path would require legal review, congressional action, international agreements, democratic consultation, and the clear will of the Venezuelan people.

This petition is not asking for an imposed decision. It is asking for a formal study. It is asking for the United States government to listen to the voice of Venezuelan citizens who believe that only a stable, democratic, institutionally strong nation like the United States has the capacity to help channel, stabilize, secure, and rebuild Venezuela after decades of destruction.

Venezuela is a nation blessed with extraordinary human talent, strategic location, natural resources, cultural strength, and a hardworking people. But without trustworthy leadership, strong institutions, public security, judicial independence, economic stability, and international support, the country will continue to suffer and millions more may be forced to leave.

We believe Venezuelans deserve a future where families are reunited, children can grow in safety, workers can prosper, property is protected, justice is respected, and freedom is guaranteed.

For this reason, Despierta Venezuela Inc. asks all Venezuelans and friends of Venezuela to sign this petition and request that the United States government formally study this historic possibility.

This is not about politicians. This is about the Venezuelan people.

For our families.
For our children.
For freedom.
For security.
For dignity.
For the future of Venezuela.