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What Six Flags America’s closing says about the economy
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Taylor Swift nominated to join Songwriters Hall of Fame 00:28 Now Playing What Six Flags America’s closing says about the economy 01:18 UP NEXT Venezuela's Maduro...
‘Crazy’: Secret Trump ‘friend’ gifts Pentagon $200m to pay troops
Payment for service members is a key concern among lawmakers of both parties – and a point of political leverage. The Trump administration shifted $US8 billion from military research and development funds for last week’s payroll, ensuring that...
Venezuela’s Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles Are A Real Threat To American Warships
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. American warships operating off Venezuela’s coast are not doing so without a credible threat. This comes from the...
Trump administration’s strikes against Venezuela amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’, UN experts say
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From Baghdad to Caracas: a Washington manual on sanctions and war
By Manolo De Los Santos Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Manolo De Los Santos is Executive Director of The People’s Forum and a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His writing appears regularly in...
Media coverage of Venezuela boat strikes paints incomplete picture
[Karah Rucker] THERE ARE SOME BASIC RULES OF JOURNALISM 1-0-1 – AND I’VE FOUND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AREN’T FOLLOWING THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAJOR STORY ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY STRIKING BOATS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA. A...
Threatening Venezuela
All elements in place for a US decapitation strike By Joe Emersberger and Roger D. Harris President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small...
Air Force conducts ‘bomber attack’ demonstration near Venezuela
The U.S. Air Force conducted what it called a “bomber attack demonstration mission” in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility last week, according to information newly released by the service. Three B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft...
Trump wages undeclared war in Venezuela using U.S. military forces to kill without legal authority
To support strikes against Latin American gangs and drug cartels, the Trump administration is relying on a legal argument that gained traction after the September 11, 2001, attacks, which allowed U.S. authorities to use lethal force against...
How a US oil giant became a pillar of Venezuela’s fragile economy
A statue of a hand holding a drilling rig near the headquarters of PDVSA, Venezuela’s state oil company, in Caracas on Oct. 9, 2025. Even as pressure builds on President Nicolás Maduro, he has found a pillar of support in one of the largest...
Corporate Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda
The awarding of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan far-right leader María Corina Machado took nearly everyone by surprise (with the exception of insiders who apparently used advance knowledge to profit on betting markets). The Nobel...
Hegseth says U.S. struck alleged Tren de Aragua boat
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Venezuela's Maduro calls for peace in English 00:36 Tech used in rigged poker games linked to mob and NBA 01:46 Now Playing Hegseth says U.S. struck alleged Tren...
Despite Tyranny, Venezuela Finds Faith in Its First Canonized Saints
Despite years of tyranny, economic hardship, mass migration, family separation, arbitrary imprisonment, lack of access to food and medical supplies, and other issues that impact their quality of life, there's one thing the people of Venezuela...
Trump Orders CIA To Attack Venezuela
The USA is waging war on Venezuela. Trump authorized CIA “lethal operations” to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. The US military is killing innocent fishermen from Colombia and Trinidad. The United States is waging war on Venezuela. This...
Venezuela announces sweeping military exercises as US escalates pressure
Venezuela's government said this past week that it had launched a sweeping military mobilization and begun training civilians for combat, portraying the moves as defensive steps against what it called an escalating threat from the United States....
The Likely Consequences Of A US War On Venezuela
Above photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. Funny thing about war: it is relatively easy to start. An insult here. A lie there. A “false flag” as a casus belli there, and shots, bombs, missiles ensue…and destruction and deaths follow until there is some...
U.S. Secret Intelligence Operations in Venezuela Anger Latin America
Outrage has swept across Latin America after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela. RELATED: LATAM Leaders Rally Behind Colombian President After Trump’s Accusations...
Inside the Secret Tech Island Where Death Is Optional
It was over in a matter of seconds. On the morning of September 10, 2023, 46-year-old Bryan Johnson lifted up his blue scrub shirt to reveal vampire-pale skin stretched over a muscular, defined abdomen. Glenn Terry, MD, swabbed both sides of...
Airstrikes On Gaza, Shutdown Pressure Points, Venezuela Boat Strikes
Israel says the ceasefire is back on after it launched strikes on Gaza in response to clashes over the weekend that threaten to unravel a fragile deal. It’s day 20 of the government shutdown, but the usual pressure points that push lawmakers...
World Insights: U.S. secret intelligence operations in Venezuela anger Latin America
by Xinhua writers Tan Huiting, Tian Rui MEXICO CITY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Outrage has swept across Latin America after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela. Trump's...