Why Venezuela’s Military Did Not Fight

 

Why Venezuela’s Military Did Not Fight By Miguel Santos García Hours after Trump’s press conference Delcy Rodriguez made a televised address to the South American nation in which she made it clear that she considered the United States an illegal invader that must be repelled. Her defiance of Trump made it clear that Trump’s plans to invade and rule Venezuela as a US prize will face far more obstacles than he suggested in his Saturday press conference, in which he declared victory in Venezuela. Read here

Venezuela: US Military and FBI Captured Nicolas Maduro and His Wife By Peter Koenig Vice President Delcy Rodriguez calls on liberating President Maduro immediately as he is the ONLY president accepted by the Venezuelan people. When talking to Delcy, President Trump suggesting she may take an interim leadership role, she replied that she will not take Maduro’s role. Read here

The Reactionary Backwash: Year 2025 in Review for Latin America and the Caribbean By Roger D. Harris and John Perry 2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. Read here

The Noriega Indictment: President George H. Walker Bush’s Invasion of Panama. Attorney General William Barr’s Indictment. Is Venezuela Next? By Dave DeCamp and Prof Michel Chossudovsky The bombing and capture of President Maduro and his wife on January 3, 2026 is a “U.S. Act of War” against a sovereign nation-state. It’s a criminal undertaking on behalf of President Trump, largely targeting civilians, in blatant violation of the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC). Read here

The World Capital of Diplomacy By Manlio Dinucci “The world capital of diplomacy,” writes ANSA, “is neither New York, where the UN is based, nor the White House in Washington.” It is Mar-a-Lago in Florida, which Donald Trump has chosen as his official residence. It is the beating heart of his administration, where policies are decided and secretaries are chosen. Read here

Abu Obaida and Hassan Nasrallah: Time, Mortality, and the Work of Leaving a Future By Rima Najjar Figures like Hassan Nasrallah and Abu Obaida matter in ways that go far beyond politics. They summon in us a depth of feeling that politics alone can never touch. Not mere admiration. Not even respect. Something far more intimate, almost unsayable — a form of love that lodges in the chest like a second heartbeat. Read here

“We’re Going to Run the Country:” Preparing an Illegal Occupation in Venezuela By Michelle Ellner As a Venezuelan-American, I refuse the idea that my tax dollars fund the humiliation of my homeland. I refuse the lie that war and coercion are acts of “care” for the Venezuelan people. And I refuse to stay silent while a country I love is spoken about as raw material for U.S. interests, not a society of human beings deserving respect. Read here