Venezuelan VP warns US hostility could disrupt global energy market

Delcy Rodriguez cautions that US military threats and sanctions could destabilize oil markets, warning of global fallout from any attack on Caracas. Venezuelan Vice President and Hydrocarbons Minister Delcy Rodriguez has warned that continued US...

Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

“[…] While the government has made much of fiscal consolidation and social spending, it has left precious little fiscal or strategic room to manoeuvre should Trinidad and Tobago find itself caught in the crossfire of a conflict between Venezuela...

Trump Confirms US Military Strike Kills Six Narcoterrorists on Vessel Off Venezuela Coast

President Donald Trump confirmed a US military strike off Venezuela’s coast that killed six narcoterrorists. The operation, conducted in international waters, marks the latest effort against drug trafficking networks. Washington: The United States...

NATIONAL VIEW: The US-China trade war is back on

THE POINT: Like a couple headed for divorce but still cohabitating, what could go wrong? The United States and China, inveterate rivals yet inextricably interlinked, are once again barreling into a trade war nobody wants. Tit-for-tat tariffs and...

Peace Council formed with Venezuelan media

The president of the National Assembly considered the defense of truth and peace essential. Jorge Rodríguez presided over a session of the Council for the Sovereignty and Peace of Venezuela with the Media. Photo courtesy of Jorge Rodríguez October...

The U.S. Struck A Ship Off The Coast Of Venezuela

5 The ship was carrying drugs. The US has struck a ship linked to a terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking near the coast of Venezuela, US leader Donald Trump wrote in his Truth Social. The corresponding order was given by Pentagon...

President Maduro announced the opening of grandparents’ homes throughout Venezuela

La Viñeta is the official residence of grandparents!” remarked the Presidente Maduro President Nicolás Maduro inaugurates grandparents’ homes in Venezuela. photo Presa Latina October 14, 2025 Hour: 10:56 pm The President of Venezuela, Nicolás...

CovertAction Bulletin: Nobel Peace Prize Paves Way for War With Venezuela

[Source: AP] CLICK HERE to listen on podcast platforms worldwide Support this broadcast: become a patreon! Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, as he boasted he should for supposedly being the “peace President”—a claim we’ve debunked...

Why a Venezuelan-American Democrat says he has a chance in Florida’s Senate race

MIAMI — Sitting at a cozy corner table at Caracas Bakery, Florida’s newest Democratic Senate candidate Hector Mujica described his Sunday routine: church with his wife and 16-month-old son, sometimes with their dog Coco in tow, before heading here...

2 B-52 Aircraft Head Towards Venezuela, Is US Planning Another Strike?

US B-52 aircraft reportedly moving towards Venezuela. Caracas: At least two American B-52 aircraft have been reported flying over the Caribbean region for some time and heading toward Venezuela, amid US tensions with the country. The two aircraft...

US Taxpayers Bail Out Argentina’s Bank As Trump’s Tariffs Help It Steal American Farmers’ Largest Market

Between multiple extrajudicial killings of everyone aboard several alleged Venezuelan drug boats, a supposed peace deal in the Middle East, and a million other international stories as the chaotic daily misinformation vomit of the Trump...

Emergence of CBDCs in the Global Financial Market

Sanjay M.Nafde The global financial landscape has recently undergone significant transformations, with a notable focus on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), often dubbed as digital counterparts to traditional currencies. This concept has...

Colombia condemned over attack on Venezuelan activists in Bogota

Amnesty International on Tuesday issued a press statement condemning the attack on a Venezuelan human rights defender and asylum seeker, Yendri Velásquez, alongside his companion, Luis Peche, also a Venezuelan-Colombian activist in Bogotá. The...

Trump condones public executions by Hamas, comparing victims to US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls...

Donald Trump slams Spain's 'disrespectful' defence spending and threatens more trade tariffs

David Alandete Washington Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 13:08 Share Donald Trump has expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the Spanish government for not having raised its defence spending to 5% of GDP, as Washington demands of its Nato allies. "I...

Six killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela coast — Trump

The US military conducted another strike on a vessel suspected of drug trafficking off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday. This marks at least the fifth such fatal operation reported by...

Venezuela warns of imminent US assault as strike kills six off its coast

DA­REECE PO­LO Se­nior Re­porter da­reece.po­lo@guardian.co.tt The Unit­ed States has car­ried out an­oth­er strike near Venezue­lan wa­ters, hit­ting a small ves­sel it claims was in­volved in nar­co traf­fick­ing and killing six peo­ple on...

Venezuela Closes Embassy In Norway After Opposition Leader Receives Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela announced it would close its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement, the Venezuelan government did not comment on Machado’s prize, saying that the closure was...

The Media Is Blowing a Big Story in Venezuela

As to whether a regime change war is inevitable, there is no clear consensus. Other knowledgeable observers remain skeptical that the U.S. will actually launch a full-scale attack. They point out, rightly, that the 1989 invasion of Panama, the...