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Category Archives: Venezuela
Trump’s Plan For Venezuela
Francisco Poleo writes: Delcy Rodríguez and the core of the regime’s leadership are negotiating with the United States as we speak. This is not a sudden pivot. It is the result of a conclusion reached in Washington over months: the … Continue reading
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WSJ: What’s Next For Venezuela?
Mary Anastasia O’Grady writes: The democratic opposition hasn’t called its supporters to the streets for fear that they might be gunned down by Mr. Cabello’s true believers. But it’s notable the military hasn’t mobilized in the capital. Normally, tanks roll … Continue reading
What Does Trump’s Venezuela Operation Mean For Greenland?
Gemini: The raid on Venezuela (Operation Absolute Resolve) on January 3, 2026, has immediate and serious implications for Greenland because it signals the aggressive activation of what analysts are calling the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine. In short: The … Continue reading
Will The US Run Venezuela?
Trump said yesterday that the US will run Venezuela. Didn’t he say the same thing about the Gaza strip last February? I’m not sure how seriously and literally we should take Trump when he says the US will run Venezuela. … Continue reading
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Why Did Trump Topple Maduro?
Mark Halperin writes: The media spent the day in its usual split-screen trance. Half the time, the press corps was gorging on the ‘gee whiz’ operational details of the mission—how fast it happened, how few shots were fired, who gave … Continue reading
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Will Trump Attack The Mexican Cartels?
I like the Venezuela attack. I don’t support it, but I like it. If Obama or Biden had done this, I would have hated it. This is my aesthetic reaction to politics. I enjoy the spectacle of American power asserting … Continue reading
Did The 2020 Stolen Election Narrative Influence Trump’s Actions On Venezuela?
President Trump has announced that U.S. Special Forces successfully captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, flying them out of the country to face charges in the U.S. While the official legal justification for this attack is … Continue reading
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Trump’s ‘Illegal’ Raid On Venezuela
Why the fixation with the legality of Trump’s attack on Venezuela? You only get war when normal politics don’t work. This fixation with legal vs illegal wars of “illegal war” is a product of the Marxist-Leninist DNA of the 1947 … Continue reading
What’s Next For Venezuela?
Venezuela is on a trajectory of acute escalation and economic collapse. Following the disputed 2024 election and the return of a maximum-pressure strategy from the United States in 2025, the country has shifted from a period of tentative recovery (2021–2024) … Continue reading
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Maybe The War With Venezuela Is Over Russia?
I just read this comment and it makes sense: The US/Venezuela war situation might have very little to do with drugs. More likely it has to do with all those Russian Tu-160 long-range bombers that have flown to Venezuela non-stop … Continue reading