“What the United States is telling the rest of the world is that it believes it has the right to overthrow any government it doesn’t like.” on the latest Geopolitical Economy Report with Ben Norton. Ben examines one of the most explosive developments in recent Latin American history: the United States’ military actions in Venezuela […]
By Joshua Scheer In a reprehensible editorial, The Washington Post praised the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, calling the U.S.-led operation as “Justice in Venezuela” saying it was “one of the boldest moves by a president in recent years” and a tactical success. According to reports, the mission in Caracas involved airstrikes followed by […]
President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a “judicious” transition, and that American oil companies would spend billions to fix the country’s oil infrastructure.
In a steep escalation in the United States’ ongoing military offensive in the region, President Donald Trump said early Saturday that the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Trump did not seek congressional approval for this move. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the US had “successfully […]
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.