Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a five-percentage-point lead over far-right opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro six days before the first round of the presidential election, according to a Quaest voting-intention
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded a fifth oil tanker early Friday as part of ongoing operations to enforce sanctions against vessels transporting Venezuelan crude, according to U.S. officials. The tanker, identified as
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Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the first week of January constitute
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that Donald Trump told him directly he was considering “doing bad things in Colombia,” including a possible military operation, an allegation that underscores a period of
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U.S. oil companies are signaling serious hesitation about pouring billions of dollars into Venezuela’s beleaguered oil sector without firm assurances from the federal government, even as President Donald Trump intensifies efforts to
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The recent U.S. military operation against Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro have sparked sharp criticism and condemnation. Maduro now awaits trial in New York City. Once again, it is
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On the early morning of January 3, the United States government launched a massive attack on Caracas, Venezuela, and three of the country’s states. Roughly 150 aircraft swarmed the skies, bombing with
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In a few hours, I fly to Latin America. This trip has been planned for several months by an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. He and his team are shooting a documentary about the US’s
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As Venezuela navigates the aftermath of Nicolás Maduro’s dramatic capture by US special forces, a new figure has moved decisively into the foreground of the country’s power structure: his only son, Nicolás
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Marco Rubio has become the unmistakable face of Washington’s intervention in Venezuela following the fall of Nicolás Maduro. In official photographs released by the White House during the operation, the US secretary
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As Nicolás Maduro awaits trial in the United States, attention is turning to the woman many Venezuelans believe truly shaped the regime’s inner workings: his wife, Cilia Flores. According to a profile
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The fall of Nicolás Maduro has not brought unity to Venezuela’s ruling movement but instead exposed sharp internal fractures, as rival Chavista factions compete for power in the country’s uncertain transition. According
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Russia has dispatched a submarine and other naval assets to escort an empty, rusting oil tanker being pursued by the United States, turning an obscure maritime enforcement case into a new flashpoint
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A classified CIA assessment presented to U.S. President Donald Trump concluded that senior loyalists of Nicolás Maduro, including Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, were best positioned to maintain stability if Venezuela’s longtime leader
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America’s actions in Venezuela, coupled with Europe’s acquiescence, mark an open reversion to colonialist militarism. For much of the post-Cold War era, Western power operated through deniability. Coercion was cloaked in the
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by Luxman Aravind In the predawn darkness of 20 December 1989, the streets of Panama City erupted in chaos as the United States launched Operation Just Cause to capture General Manuel Noriega,
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