Tag: Venezuela

Hands Off Venezuela: Law, Oil, and a Dangerous Precedent

In the early hours of January 3, the U.S. launched strikes in and around Caracas and said Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were captured and flown out of the country. President Trump then claimed the U.S. would “run” Venezuela “for now,” igniting worldwide condemnation, a constitutional firestorm in Washington, and urgent ...

STATEMENT: BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military areas of the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, ...

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The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart. May 26/19 by B Nimri Aziz

The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart. May 26/19 by B Nimri Aziz Embassy raided; citizens starved by sanctions; coveted oil resources targeted--again. The United States is still punishing Iran for the 1979 takeover of its ‘sacred’ premises, its embassy in Tehran. By contrast, when American authorities ...