Venezuela

Dmitri Drobnitsky18.01.2026

So, Trump has been presented with yet another shiny object. This time, it’s a Nobel Peace Prize medal, awarded (for reasons unknown) to Venezuelan opposition figure and double agent for liberal interventionists and neocons, María Corina Machado. Machado’s move is expected and logical: Trump needs to be flattered, given shiny things, and “celebrated for his […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky05.01.2026

A bipartisan group in the upper chamber may block military action against Venezuela. Next week, the Senate will vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution aimed at preventing President Trump from continuing military action against Venezuela. The resolution, which would prohibit the administration from engaging in further military action against Venezuela, is a privileged resolution […]

Sergey Stankevich05.01.2026

Trump has no intention of helping Venezuelan opposition President Maria Corina Machado become president of Venezuela because she refused to cede the Nobel Peace Prize to him in 2025, according to the Washington Post. One source told the newspaper that Machado’s decision to accept the award, even though she dedicated it to Trump, was a […]

Robert Reich05.01.2026

The story of what’s happening in Venezuela is unfolding quickly and big questions are mounting. The immediate danger in Venezuela (and potentially in Columbia and Cuba) is chaos. Trump said, “We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” and that “we can’t take […]

Kirill Benediktov05.01.2026

Who on Trump’s team won and who lost from the Venezuelan invasion? According to the British newspaper The Financial Times, the core of the staff that prepared Operation Midnight Hammer included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. However, the American website Axios claims that Trump’s […]

Kirill Benediktov12.10.2025

Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This was expected, given the liberal views of the committee members, and yet there is a certain irony in the way the prize controversy was resolved. “The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a courageous and dedicated woman in the fight for peace — a woman […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky31.07.2024

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US President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for the publication of all data from all election commissions and “transparency.” Joe Biden and Lula da Silva spoke by phone, resulting in a joint statement in which both leaders called on Venezuelan authorities to “immediately publish full, transparent and detailed voting […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky31.07.2024

Venezuela’s Central Election Commission has counted Nicolás Maduro as the winner. The opposition has claimed that their candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, has won. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken interrupted his speech at the Indo-Pacific Nations meeting when the data came in from Caracas. Venezuela’s Central Election Commission has declared that incumbent President Nicolás Maduro […]

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A Shiny Present for Trump

US Senate to Vote on War Powers Resolution

This Is My “Prey”

The Quagmire of Trump’s Venezuela

Beneficiaries of Trump’s Venezuelan Invasion

Trump and the Elusive Nobel Peace Prize

Biden and Da Silva Issue Joint Statement on Venezuelan Elections

US State Department Almost Disclaimers Election Results in Venezuela

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A Gathering of Cannibals

The USSR’s Monetary System

Arm in Arm with America