Venezuela

Free Cilia Flores! Court sets Oct. 8 hearing on release

September 20, 2026 Orinoco Tribune

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—U.S. colonial federal judge, Alvin Hellerstein, has scheduled a hearing for October 8 to consider the pretrial release request filed by Venezuela’s First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, according to Document 330 […]

Why the Pentagon is the central axis of the U.S.-Venezuela Oil deal

September 12, 2026 William Serafino

According to the fact sheet published by the White House on Aug. 31, the Office of Strategic Capital of the Pentagon (renamed the Department of War) will own 35% of the shares of the company […]

D.C. protest defends Venezuela, demands freedom for Maduro and Flores

September 4, 2026 Sharon Black

Washington, D.C., Sept. 3 — On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most brazen acts of imperialist aggression in Latin America in decades. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and seized its […]

Venezuela under siege: What should progressives do?

September 3, 2026 Roger D. Harris

Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the U.S. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of […]

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Under U.S. siege, Venezuela’s communes are transforming daily life

September 3, 2026 Leonardo Fernandes

Brasil de Fato, Aug. 30, 2026. Translation: Orinoco Tribune. Communities in the heart of Caracas are creating new ways of living based on direct democracy and a communal economy. Grassroots solutions that transform the present […]

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Beyond the ‘Delcyification’ of analysis

August 18, 2026 Kimberly D. Miller

Siege, survival, and the dialectics of Venezuelan sovereignty Aug. 10, 2026 Less than a year after the deadly January 3 U.S. military attack on Venezuela that abducted President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores, […]

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Venezuela: Don’t blame the victim

August 16, 2026 Roger D. Harris, Francisco Dominguez and María Paez Victor

“Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” — Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the U.S. military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and National Assembly […]

U.S. out of Venezuela! Free President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores!

July 23, 2026 Stephen Millies

New York, July 22 — Two hundred days after U.S. troops seized them from their home in Caracas, Venezuela’s elected President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores were taken in handcuffs from the Metropolitan […]

Pentagon turns earthquake into occupation of Venezuela

July 9, 2026 Gary Wilson

The U.S. Air Force now runs Venezuela’s main international airport. A U.S. amphibious warship is docked at its principal port. MQ-9 Reaper drones and combat helicopters fly reconnaissance over Caracas. Nearly 2,000 U.S. troops are […]

Against amnesia: The Venezuelan earthquake, the historical moment and the continental question

July 7, 2026 Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina

Earthquakes interrupt everyday life, but not history. Nor do they suspend politics. If anything, they compress history into a few dramatic days, revealing social relations, political projects, and geopolitical forces that ordinarily remain beneath the […]