The double earthquake on June 24 and recent torrential rains in Caracas have reopened an old wound in Venezuela: the plight of families who have spent years waiting for state-provided housing while
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing efforts to promote democracy and human rights in her country, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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Donald Trump boasted striking small boats off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to “blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water.” Claiming destruction of enough drugs to kill 25,000, he called the
More by Our Correspondent in Washington DC President Donald Trump is preparing to formally declare a military intervention in Venezuela under the pretext of targeting drug cartels, according to multiple senior officials in
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A big Cadillac limo with Jersey plates was parked down the block. Few locals in East Harlem even owned cars, let alone new ones. Curious, I asked the street kids what’s up.
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President Trump released dramatic footage of a Tren de Aragua fast boat destroyed somewhere in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. According to the President, all 11 occupants of the boat
More Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name “Tren de Aragu”’ as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025, the White House designated Tren de Aragua
More Venezuela has sent 15,000 police and military personnel to its border with Colombia in response to the approach of US warships to the southern Caribbean, heightening tensions in the region. Interior Minister
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The US government has revived its campaign to label Venezuela a “narco-state”, accusing its top leadership of drug trafficking and slapping hefty bounties on their heads for capture. This campaign, which only
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The US State Department’s latest Human Rights Report condemns Venezuela for serious abuses. Weaponizing human rights, accusations are selectively applied to serve a destabilization campaign. In this article, a mirror is held up to
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