Washington deployed 150 aircraft in its brazen mission to extract Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, but planning began months earlier.
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment 1. Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war The Trump administration attacked Venezuela and abducted of dictator Nicolas Maduro without the slightest justification in international law. The UN Charter forbids war except under two circumstances, self-defense or the designation of a country as a danger […]
By Joshua Scheer Lets start with Chris Hedges who calls this for what it is that “America is a Gangster State” writing on Substack that the United States has become a “gangster state,” arguing that its foreign policy increasingly relies on coercion, force, and economic predation rather than international law. View this post on Instagram […]
Washington’s surprise capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro crystallized a new “Donroe Doctrine” of foreign policy focused on policing the superpower’s immediate neighborhood.
By Nicholas Powers for Truthout “My family is scared to step outside,” a student admitted during my class. Around him heads nodded. All were born in the U.S. but most know undocumented people. Donald Trump painted a big target on their backs. “We’re not criminals, you know. We’re just trying to work, and survive.” After class, […]
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.