(2025-12-13). Hostage Property and the Global Firestorm. dissidentvoice.org 
Sanctions and asset seizures are not neutral tools. They are weapons of empire. Venezuela and Russia stand at the center of this economic warfare, but they are not alone. From Iraq to Libya, nations have been stripped of their wealth, their citizens punished, and their sovereignty undermined. What emerges is a global system where confiscation …
(2025-12-13). Jeffrey Sachs: Trump's Thuggish Empire. consortiumnews.com The Venezuelan tanker seizure and Denmark's anxiety about Greenland both show the White House's bullying 2025 National Security Strategy in brazen action. By Jeffrey D. Sachs Common Dreams CN at 30 The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) recently released by President Donald…
(2025-12-13). 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…
(2025-12-13). Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua stress Iran's role on intl. stage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Ambassadors of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to Tehran have underlined Iran's outstanding role in changing power equation on the international stage.
(2025-12-13). Trump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Outlines Imperial Intentions for Latin America. scheerpost.com By Michael Fox for Truthout On Wednesday, December 10, Donald Trump announced that the United States had seized a tanker in the Caribbean carrying more than 1.6 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening," Trump told the press. The seizure is only the latest move …
(2025-12-13). Decades of Global Drone War Made Trump's Caribbean Killing Spree Possible. truthout.org On September 2, 2025, a small fishing boat carrying 11 people was targeted by a U.S. Reaper drone off the coast of Venezuela. Hellfire missiles were fired. Two survivors clung to the wreckage. Their identities and motives were unknown. Their behavior showed no hostility. Moments later, the drone operator launched a second strike — the so-called "double tap" — killing the final survivors. |
(2025-12-13). Sen. Duckworth Warns Trump Could Use Military Force Against Americans. scheerpost.com By: Joshua Scheer A Democratic senator has raised alarms over President Donald Trump's potential use of U.S. military strikes targeting American citizens on U.S. soil by using the same justification behind such strikes on alleged foreign drug trafficking vessels. In an interview with The Intercept, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) described the administration's recent boat strikes …