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The U.S. armed forces bombed Venezuela from approximately 2:00 to 2:45 a.m. on January 3. At least seven sites in the greater Caracas area were affected, as well as locations in Aragua State and the coastal city of Higuerote in Miranda State. Both military personnel and civilians were killed, including children. Infrastructure damage is significant. Some parts of the city lost power, but as of Sunday morning electricity has been fully restored. More

A little after 2am, Venezuela time, on 3 January 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an attack on several sites in the country, including Caracas, the capital. Residents awoke to loud noises and flashes, as well as large helicopters in the sky. Videos began to appear on social media, but without much context. Confusion and rumor flooded social media. More

With its violent military intervention into Venezuela–a country I used to live in–the U.S. has begun this year with entitled and undisguised imperialism. The unapologetic kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and of Celia Flores (not just a wife as the media refers to her, but also former head of the National Assembly) and killing of at least 40 Venezuelans aims to cement and normalize the U.S.'s standard operating procedure for international relations as violence and control. It will take Venezuela's oil and the DRC's tech minerals... Читать дальше...

There is only one word to describe the US attacks on Venezuela.  That word is criminal.  It is the only word that describes the act of invading another nation and kidnapping its president.  Of course, it is also a word that describes the essential nature of the US empire—an empire currently run by a band More

It has been an accusation long levelled at certain US politicians that their brains might have been softened by a lengthy diet of television, Westerns, and the heroic triumphalism of the prattling cowboy.  There was never going to be a break with this tradition regarding President Donald Trump, except the fact that he claimed to More

The following statement was made by President Lula on the morning of January 3, in response to the US government’s attack against Venezuela. The bombings on Venezuelan territory and the capture of its president cross an unacceptable line. These acts represent an extremely serious affront to Venezuela’s sovereignty and yet another extremely dangerous precedent for More

Among the many rationalizations that the Trump administration is using to initiate massive force and violence against the Venezuelan people is that the Venezuelan government nationalized American oil interests many years ago. The notion is that since “they stole our oil” several decades ago, it is entirely proper, U.S. officials say, for the U.S. government More

An image of a captured Nicolás Maduro released by President Donald Trump on social media. Truth Social In the dead of night during the holidays, the United States launched an operation inside a Latin American country, intent on seizing its leader on the pretext that he is wanted in U.S. courts on drug charges. The More

The United States is committed to removing Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, along with the government he leads. The pretext—that Maduro is involved in sending drugs to the US—is even refuted by the US government’s own intelligence agencies, so many wonder why a carrier fleet has been sent to threaten war. To answer that question, it More