Driven by the Dramatic Collapse of US Shale, the Trump Administration Takes Aim at Venezuela

A confluence of factors suggests that such a Panama-style invasion of Venezuela is not only a possibility, but increasingly likely.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Venezuela Oil War Feature photo

WASHINGTON DC (The Last American Vagabond) — IPresident Trump recently praised a deal reached largely by Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the top oil producers in the world who together dominate the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), saying that the agreed upon production cuts would “save hundreds of thousands of energy jobs

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Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another is Coming

US regime change cheerleaders Mike Pompeo and Elliot Abrams warned Venezuala’s government not to resist the upcoming implementation of a “transitional government.”

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela Coup Feature photo

On the eighteenth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup against the government of Venezuela, senior American officials announced that the people should prepare for another imminent push. “The goal is to replace [President Nicolas] Maduro’s illegitimate dictatorship with a legitimate transitional government that can hold free and fair elections to

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Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic, While the US Capitalizes on Disaster

The virus does not discriminate, attacking oppressed and oppressor alike. Unfortunately, the US government does more than discriminate. Washington has seen the pandemic as an opportunity.

Roger D. Harris
By Roger D. Harris
COVID-19 Cuba Feature photo

Like most everyone else, I don’t get out much lately due to shelter-in-place. But when I walk around my community, I am heartened by neighbors asking if there is anything we might need. I suspect this scenario is taking place everywhere. Around the world amidst the pandemic, people step out at a mutually designated evening hour to make noise in

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Trump Should Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela

Trump has been threatening military action against Venezuela since August 2017 and a naval blockade since August 2019. The recent deployment of the Navy towards Venezuela is the first step in backing up both threats.

Leonardo Flores
By Leonardo Flores
Trump Venezuela Feature photo

On April 1, the Trump administration hijacked a COVID-19 press conference to announce the deployment of U.S. Navy vessels and other military assets towards Venezuela. According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, “included in this force package are Navy destroyers and littoral combat ships, Coast Guard Cutters, P.A. patrol aircraft, and elements of an

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Amid Sanctions and Military Mobilization, Maduro Pens Letter Urging Americans to Question Trump

“I wholeheartedly ask you not to allow your country to be dragged once again into another unending conflict, another Vietnam, another Iraq, but this time, closer to home.”

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela US Sanctions

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro released a letter addressed to the American people, urging them to oppose military intervention in South America and instead push the Trump administration to concentrate on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the United States. “It is clear that the Trump Administration is creating a smokescreen to cloud

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Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington’s 13 Point Plan for Venezuela

Washington’s demands include expelling all Cuban personal, including doctors fighting COVID-19, and handing power over to the US-backed opposition.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela Coronavirus Feature photo

The State Department released what it called its “democratic transition framework for Venezuela” yesterday; a 13-point plan for the removal of Nicolas Maduro and a radical overhaul of the country’s political system. The principal and most fundamental change Washington proposes is to “restore all powers to the National Assembly,” the one branch of

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