Venezuela

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“Complete silence!” The order is repeated over and over again in front of the collapsed building in La Guaira. Those watching from the street stop talking. Engines are turned off. No one moves. A rescue […]

Twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast the night of June 24, 2026, killing at least 920 people and injuring at least 3,360, according to figures released by Venezuelan officials June 26. More than 50,000 […]

June 25, 2026 The teleSUR building in Caracas withstood the impact of the two earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, that shook Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24. But the scars remained. There were walls scratched by […]