Ben Norton Twitter: The US attack on Venezuela is part of a larger US imperialist assault on all of Latin America. This is the US empire’s plan. It was spelled out clearly in the Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy. The US seeks to forcibly impose its hegemony in the entire western hemisphere, reviving the […]
Trump’s removal of President Nicolás Maduro could tilt international court proceedings and provide a windfall to corporate plaintiffs.
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
The United States has overthrown the president of Venezuela, in violation of the United Nations Charter and the U.S. Constitution. Early on the morning of January 3, President Donald Trump sent U.S. special forces to kidnap the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolding and handcuffing him, then bringing him to the U.S. to stand trial on four criminal counts (“narco-terrorism,” conspiracy to import cocaine, and two counts of “possession of machineguns and dangerous devices”).
By Joshua Scheer As we wind down from a day in which the United States appears to have sunk to a new low and assumed a colonial-style role, I found myself searching for context or insight that might help make sense of these events. On Venezuelanalysis.com, grassroots leader Mariela Machado spoke at a demonstration in […]