“Before, I was afraid of the Sebin, and now I don’t know whether I have to be afraid of the CIA.” The remark, made by an opposition lawmaker in Caracas, captures the
The United States has returned a seized oil tanker to Venezuelan authorities, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, marking the first known instance in which the Trump administration has returned such
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U.S. officials are preparing to issue a general license that would lift parts of the sanctions regime on Venezuela’s energy sector, signaling a significant shift in Washington’s approach as it seeks to
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Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s opposition figures – who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela – have hoped that
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Images of Nicolás Maduro smiling and giving a thumbs-up while under U.S. custody have sparked intense speculation about the Venezuelan leader’s mindset after his dramatic capture. A Times UK report suggests that
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In a pointed reference to the Chinese leadership by name, the Russian state news agency Tass took note of Beijing’s criticism of the US aggression against Venezuela. Unsurprisingly, Tass quoted a third
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas this week for a rare in-person meeting with Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, marking the highest-level U.S. contact with Venezuelan authorities since American forces captured
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The Trump administration has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, an administration official told Semafor. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Washington’s unprecedented control of Venezuela’s
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Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez has announced plans to reform the country’s hydrocarbon law, signaling a major shift in energy policy as U.S. investors push for greater access to the world’s largest
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump, an emotional gesture aimed at winning over an American
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I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela.
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Following the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, Trump’s comments about taking control of Venezuela’s oil industry quickly triggered accusations of “neo-imperialism”. Critics argued that pledges to share profits with
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The New Year did not begin with hope or joy, except for the arms dealers. More precisely, for the military-industrial-media-academic-NGO complex that feeds on permanent war. Orders are flowing, profits are booming,
More In these early days of January, we have had to witness what hoped never to see, though it comes as no surprise: the kidnapping of a legitimate sitting president through a criminal
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On January 3, 2026, the United States did not merely bomb a sovereign country and capture its president. It displayed, in the most unambiguous terms, a total defiance of the post-War international
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The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation’s in trouble. ~ Dave Brat The Challenging Questions I was profoundly intrigued
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