by Marjorie Cohn | Jan 6, 2026 | Donald Trump, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Trump Administration, UN Charter, Venezuela
The Trump administration’s massive military attack on Venezuela, launched with 150 aircraft, reportedly killed upwards of 80 people, including civilians. In utter defiance of the mandates of the United Nations Charter, U.S. forces launched the attack as they kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, who have been transported to New York…
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by Marjorie Cohn | Dec 16, 2025 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, law of the sea, News Analysis, Regime Change, Sanctions, UN Charter, United Nations, Venezuela
“We have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually,” Donald Trump told reporters on December 10, describing the escalation of his apparently impending illegal war and regime change in Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi ceremoniously released a video clip of the U.S. Marines and National Guard rappelling down from two…
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by Marjorie Cohn | Oct 30, 2025 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, Drug War, extrajudicial killing, News Analysis, Organization of American States, Regime Change, Tren de Aragua, Trump Administration, UN Charter, Venezuela, war on drugs
As the Trump administration continues to murder people in small boats on the high seas and mounts the largest U.S. military buildup in decades in the Caribbean, it is moving inexorably toward an all-out, illegal attack and forcible regime change in Venezuela. Despite Team Trump’s feeble attempts to legally justify its ocean strikes, which have now killed 57 people since early September…
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