Most people in the United States encounter Venezuela not as a country with a history, but as a set of talking points. Those talking points — about mass migration, economic collapse, sanctions, authoritarianism — circulate without much attention to how they were produced, what they leave out, or whose interests they serve. That lack of grounding has mattered in recent weeks. When news broke that…
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For months, U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed that his pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, backed by dozens of illegal killings through drone strikes, was about fighting drugs and cartels. But at his press conference after the U.S. abduction of Maduro, Trump couldn’t stop talking about oil. “We’re gonna take back the oil,” Trump brazenly said.
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The Senate has advanced a war powers resolution seeking to curb President Donald Trump’s military aggression against Venezuela, days after the Trump administration abducted the country’s president and announced its intent to “run” Venezuela and its oil reserves indefinitely. Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Virginia) resolution passed a key hurdle on Thursday, advancing in a 52 to 47 vote.
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When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stepped foot in a Manhattan courtroom on January 5, he entered the proceedings of the highest-profile case in the “war on drugs” to date. The indictment came after years of threats toward Maduro from the U.S., including a dramatic U.S. military buildup over the past five months and a string of extrajudicial killings by sinking dozens of small boats…
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Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it’s considering “a range of options,” including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO.
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In another dire escalation, the U.S. has reported the seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the northern Atlantic Ocean that the military has been pursuing for weeks, citing ties to Venezuela and the Trump administration’s illegal blockade of that country. The Pentagon’s European Command announced the operation on Wednesday morning, and Russian media also reported that the vessel had…
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