(2026-02-02). Wisconsin: Stand for Peace! Stop ICE! Free Palestine! U.S.: Hand Off of Iran and Venezuela! (City Listings) Feb. 1-8, 2026. wibailoutpeople.org 
ICE Out protest at UW Madison January 30, 2026. | Photo:
(2026-02-02). Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez Inspects Simón Bolívar International Airport Facilities. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez toured different areas of the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state, to evaluate the progress of works—requested last year by President Nicolás Maduro—being carried out in the country's main air terminal and to further strengthen commercial air transport. | The inspection was carried out in the company of Transportation Minister Aníbal Coronado, Presidency Office Minister Juan Francisco Escalona, and Communication and Information Minister Miguel Pérez Pirela, as well as airport workers, among other authorities, in…
(2026-02-02). Venezuela Frees More Than 30 Political Prisoners Amid Slow Amnesty Roll-out. moderndiplomacy.eu Venezuelan authorities released more than 30 people considered "political prisoners" on Sunday, as part of a broader prisoner release process that rights groups say has moved too slowly. Legal rights organisation Foro Penal reported the latest round of releases, bringing to around 344 the number of verified "political prisoners" freed since early January after the …
(2026-02-02). Trump Lawsuits: The Most Efficient Grift Ever. counterpunch.org 
You have to give Donald Trump some credit. He was making plenty of money selling pardons, ripping off Venezuela's oil, and selling seats on his "Board of Peace," but all of these required something resembling work. In the case of Venezuelan oil, he even had to invade a country and kill 80 people. But Trump's
(2026-02-02). Geo-kleptocracy and the rise of 'global mafia politics'. responsiblestatecraft.org "As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. … We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country," said President Donald Trump the morning after U.S. forces invaded Caracas and carried off the indicted autocrat Nicolà s Maduro. The invasion of Venezuela on Jan. 3 did not result in regime change but rather a deal coerced at the barrel of a gun. Maduro's underlings ma…
(2026-02-02). President of Uruguay begins visit to China. ecns.cn Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a state visit, becoming the first foreign leader from a Latin American and Caribbean country to visit China in the new year.