(2025-08-30). Trump's Venezuela drug war gambit and the militarization playbook at home. iacenter.org August 29, 2025 Solidarity activist Michelle Ellner takes stock of the Trump administration's escalating rhetoric, militarization and migrant crackdown. This article first appeared in venezuelanalysis.com on Aug. 17, 2025. By Michelle Ellner President Donald Trump has quietly authorized the Pentagon to carry out military operations against what his administration calls "narco-terrorist" networks in Latin America. On paper, it's a counter-narcotics policy. In practice, it serves as a green light for open-ended U.S. military action abroad, bypassing congressional approval, sidestepping international law and stretch…
(2025-08-30). Washington's Oil Chessboard: Why Venezuela Matters in U.S. Geopolitics. moderndiplomacy.eu American warships edging closer to Venezuelan waters earlier this year barely made global headlines, overshadowed by louder crises in Ukraine and the South China Sea. Yet this quiet buildup is not accidental. It is part of Washington's long pattern of targeting regimes that stand at the crossroads of energy and geopolitics. Venezuela, sitting atop the …
(2025-08-30). Venezuelan youth train to "defend the Homeland and construct the future" amid US escalation. peoplesdispatch.org 
The youth wing of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) carried out "Basic Revolutionary Resistance Training" over the past week in the Venezuelan state La Guaira. On the evening of August 28, the youth participated in a 10 kilometer night march led by Secretary General of PSUV, Diosdado Cabello. The training took place amid …
(2025-08-30). Southern African States Unite Behind Cultural Integration. moderndiplomacy.eu On August 19, 2025, the Library of Foreign Literature hosted the Southern African Development Community Day. The SADC's primary goal, besides regional socio-economic cooperation and integration, is to cooperate to showcase the culture among 16 countries in southern Africa. In Moscow, the heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions of Angola, Brazil, Venezuela, the Democratic …