forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a Saturday night raid. About 80 people were reportedly killed, including 32 Cubans. Democracy Now! speaks with Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas, who calls the strikes an “imperialist attack.” Trump also said the U.S. would take the oil from Venezuela, which has the world’s largest…
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Just weeks before the American military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. energy giant Halliburton filed an unusual lawsuit in international court claiming the Venezuelan government owed them damages for U.S. sanctions against the country. A separate case against Venezuela is also being pursued by another fossil fuel giant whose board includes an oil magnate…
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The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, defending the U.S.’s abduction of Venezuela’s president on Saturday, told the Security Council that the U.S.’s ultimate goal is to eliminate any “adversaries” and “rivals” in the entirety of the western hemisphere. In remarks to the UN Security Council during an emergency meeting on the U.S.’s attack on Monday…
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President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that the heads of American oil companies were informed of the U.S. military’s attack on Venezuela — described as “brazenly illegal” by scholars and experts — even before it took place. The admission from Trump, a renowned liar, sparked condemnation because the administration refused to consult with U.S. lawmakers about the operation…
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Major American news outlets were informed of the Trump administration’s plan to bombard Venezuela and abduct its president ahead of the operation early Saturday morning, but withheld their reporting on the operation to protect the military, Semafor reports. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post knew about the raid before President Donald Trump approved it on Friday night at 10:46 pm…
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Amy Goodman and Juan González host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas, as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejandro Velasco. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’…
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