US-Venezuela Tensions Escalate: Trump Administration Considers Military Pressure on Maduro

Tensions between Washington and Caracas are rising: the Donald Trump administration is increasingly hinting at the possibility of using military means to pressure Nicolás Maduro in order to topple the regime in Venezuela. U.S. President Donald...

Trump’s Venezuela plot will cause new border crisis

There are many reasons why Donald Trump’s planned regime-change operation in Venezuela is a bad idea. One, under-discussed thus far, is that it will turbocharge the very border crisis the President and his allies have made their signature...

Hot stock market fuels concerns about possible Wall Street bubble

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Japan’s top Sumo athletes take over London 01:31 Trump will meet Putin for Ukraine talks 02:06 Now Playing Hot stock market fuels concerns about possible Wall...

The Trump administration focuses its attention on Venezuela and Maduro

(CNN) — Tensions are escalating between Washington and Caracas as the Trump administration has increasingly signaled it could use military means to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. US President Donald Trump has not...

Full Episode: Perez unveils plans to end Florida property taxes, and Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez announces a series of proposals to tackle property insurance, and President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela. Perez outlines Florida House proposals to end property taxes As Republican leaders in...

Venezuela Shuts Embassy In Norway After Nobel Peace Prize Honours Opposition Leader María Corina Machado

Venezuela announced on Monday that it is closing its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, triggering a fresh wave of diplomatic tension between Caracas and the West. In a...

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after opposition leader who praised Trump wins Nobel Peace Prize

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US Control Of The Caribbean And Its Multiform War Against Venezuela

Above photo: US military presence in Latin America. Granma. For centuries, the peoples of the Central American isthmus have had to face the consequences of the ambitions of European and US ruling elites for control of the Caribbean region. Since...

Smartmatic Added To DOJ Bribery Indictment; Company Calls It “Targeted, Political And Unjust”

Smartmatic, the election systems company that has sued Fox News and other outlets on the right for defamation, was added to an indictment on Thursday involving alleged violations of foreign corruption laws by three executives. The company is...

Two Trinidadians believed killed in US strike off Venezuela coast

Two Trinidadian nationals are believed to be among the dead following the fifth strike on a vessel by US forces of the Venezuelan coast on Tuesday targeting drug cartels. The Trump administration has said that six people were killed in the latest...

Gaza reprieved, Geneva match-fixed, devolution auctioned, Venezuela targeted

Will India fulfil its devolution pledge and commitment to the Tamil people? Why wasn’t Marwan Bhargouti, Palestinian Nelson Mandela, released? NPP Govt concedes walkover at UNHRC Geneva On the first anniversary of her presidency, Mexico’s leftwing...

What's the future of the drug trade now that the military, CIA are involved?

(TNND) — President Donald Trump has unleashed military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats, determined the U.S. is now in an "armed conflict" with drug cartels, and authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela. Trump told...

WP: US Special Forces Attack Helicopters Spotted Near Venezuela Coast

The U.S. has been attacking ships carrying Maduro's narco-terrorists in recent weeks. Helicopters of the U.S. military's elite special operations unit have been operating in the Caribbean Sea near the coast of Venezuela in recent days, writes The...

Venezuelan Embassy in Baku hosts conference on peace in Latin America and Caribbean

The Embassy of Venezuela in Azerbaijan has hosted a conference titled “Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace” in Baku. According to Azernews, the event brought together representatives of public organisations, journalists,...

10 Reasons Venezuela Isn’t Nation-Building

For months —long before the MSM caught on — I've been writing about how the Donald Trump administration seemed ready to take down the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela. All of the signs were there if you paid attention, and I know...

Venezuelan Embassy in Baku hosts conference on peace in Latin America and Caribbean [PHOTOS]

The Embassy of Venezuela in Azerbaijan has hosted a conference titled “Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace” in Baku. According to Azernews, the event brought together representatives of public organisations, journalists,...

Venezuela’s Maduro offered the US his nation’s riches to avoid conflict

People outside the headquarters of PDVSA, Venezuela’s state oil company, in Caracas on Oct. 8, 2025. Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American...

Farnsworth: US Puts Latam High on the Priority List. Why?

MIAMI — The United States is showing an unprecedented level of attention to Latin America and the Caribbean, but the region remains wary of Washington’s shifting tone and unpredictable policy direction, said Eric Farnsworth, senior associate of...

Venezuela Shifts Diplomatic Focus: Closes Embassies in Norway and Australia, Opens Missions in Africa

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassies in Norway and Australia as part of restructuring...