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Imperial Oil Grab: Venezuela as Prelude

Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have been targeted for regime change by...

09.03.2026 20

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I Used to Be a Critic of the Two-Party System – Now I Wish We Had One

I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write to “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note...

15.01.2026 50

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US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale

In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real –...

22.12.2025 10

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Who’s the Dictator – Venezuela’s Maduro or Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Washington brands Nicolás Maduro a dictator, celebrates Volodymyr Zelenskyy as democratic, and sponsors María Corina Machado to achieve regime...

16.12.2025 10

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US State Department Travel Warning on Venezuela

Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he...

07.12.2025 10

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Trump Commands Venezuela’s Heavens Closed 

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. Yet the US has as much legal and...

03.12.2025 8

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Trump Commands Venezuela’s Heavens Closed

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. Yet the US has as much legal and...

02.12.2025 5

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Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions

Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that...

24.11.2025 7

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Will the US Attack Venezuela?

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...

13.10.2025 10

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Narco-State Myth Used to Attack Venezuela

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...

16.09.2025 10

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Ballots and Bias: How the Press Framed Venezuela’s Regional and Legislative Elections

The pro-government alliance achieved a sweeping victory in Venezuela’s May 25 elections, while a fractured opposition suffered losses. Western media...

30.05.2025 10

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Liberal NGO Pushes for Harsher Venezuela Sanctions

It’s been over 100 days since Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. Most NGOs to the right of the Heritage Foundation are alarmed about his...

07.05.2025 10

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ICE Contracts Avelo Airlines to Fly Deportees

Avelo Airlines has entered into a controversial agreement with US immigration authorities to operate deportation flights, sparking protests from coast...

29.04.2025 10

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