(2025-12-12). International Law and U.S./Trump Egocentrism. counterpunch.org 
What should be done about Donald Trump and the U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans? Should we really be quibbling about who ordered the second strike on the survivors of the boat off the coast of Venezuela? By quibbling, "there's a risk … of losing sight of the forest for the tree, because the broader campaign is really problematic," an International Crisis Group expert told Robert Tait in The Guardian. Beyond the questions of who ordered the second strike or whether the drone strikes violated guidelines in U.S. military manuals, the larger issue is whether international law was violated.
(2025-12-12). Obama's Powerpoint Death Parade Led To Trump's Venezuelan Killings. popularresistance.org The Trump administration's killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, "We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists." President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama. | In his 2017 farewell address, Obama boasted, "We have taken out tens of thousands of terrorists." Drone strikes increased tenfold under Obama, helping fuel anti—U.S. backlashes in several nations. | As he campaigned for the presidency in 2007, Sen. Barack Obama declared,…
(2025-12-12). Top admiral forced out as U.S. escalates military aggression in the Caribbean. tehrantimes.com The admiral in charge of U.S. military forces in Latin America will retire two years early on Friday, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats, Reuters reported.
(2025-12-12). Nobel Peace Prize Winner Who Wants the US To Attack Venezuela Says US Helped Her Escape. news.antiwar.com Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who wants the US to attack her country to oust President Nicolas Maduro, has traveled to Norway to receive her Nobel Peace Prize and said that she had help from the US to flee Venezuela. "Yes, we did get support from the United States' government," Machado said at …
(2025-12-12). USA and Venezuela. Fighting a fantasy cartel with a spear. indybay.org The US government has put a bounty of fifty million US dollars on his head. Maduro is not a fugitive; he conducts his government business in full view of the public. The Cártel de los Soles — the Cartel of the Suns — does not exist; it is a figment of the US government's imagination…
(2025-12-12). US Sanctions Six Companies Accused of Transporting Venezuelan Oil as It Prepares More Seizures. news.antiwar.com The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions targeting six companies it accused of transporting Venezuelan oil, as Reuters reported that the Trump administration is gearing up to seize more oil tankers. The US seizure of a tanker off the coast of Venezuela that was bound for Cuba on Wednesday marked a significant escalation of …
(2025-12-12). Activists in New York City denounce Trump's 'no-fly zone'. workers.org 
New York City December 10 — Antiwar activists in the United States held a news conference today to protest the illegal "no-fly zone" U.S. President Donald Trump ordered for Venezuela. The order had prevented many activists from attending a solidarity meeting in Caracas, Venezuela. From the tone of today's protest, . . . |
(2025-12-12). Venezuelan Authorities Prevent Cardinal Porras From Traveling, Cancel Passport. eurasiareview.com By Andrés Henríquez | On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. | According to the Grand Priory of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in Venezuela, on Wednesday morning the cardinal "was subjected to humiliating treatment" by airport authorities under the government of Nicolas Maduro. | From Bogotá, Porras was scheduled to take a flight to Madrid and then travel to Toledo, wh…
(2025-12-12). Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington's long-standing pressure campaign.
(2025-12-12). Venezuela Charges Washington With 'Theft, Piracy'. popularresistance.org Venezuela has accused the US government of "blatant theft" and "piracy," following Washington's seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the Latin American country's coast on 10 December. | The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry strongly condemned what it said was a "blatant theft and an act of international piracy, publicly announced by the President of the US, who confessed to the assault on an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea." | "Already in his 2024 campaign, [US President Donald Trump] openly stated that his objective has always been to keep Venezuelan oil without paying any consideration in return, making it clear th…
(2025-12-12). White House plans oil blockade of Venezuela in drive for regime change. wsws.org Reuters reported Thursday that the US has assembled a "target list" of tankers for seizure of oil tankers as the administration openly declares its intention to overthrow Maduro.
(2025-12-12). Defiende China soberanía latinoamericana frente a presiones de EEUU. cubadebate.cu El embajador de China en Cuba, Hua Xin, afirmó hoy que la nueva política de Beijing hacia América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) constituye la única respuesta global, concreta y oportuna a la Estrategia de Seguridad Nacional estadounidense. El diplomático señaló que el "Corolario Trump" reafirma una versión más agresiva de la doctrina Monroe.