Month: January 2026

By Peter Brown   When President Trump claims that Venezuela “stole” its 300 billion barrels of oil from the United States, he is not expressing a controversial opinion or offering a debatable interpretation of history. […]

By Isidoros Karderinis The unprecedented kidnapping in the world annals, in the manner in which it took place, of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro constitutes not only a military intervention in a sovereign and independent country […]

Executive Summary This investigation identifies a recurring and systemic pattern in contemporary Western democracies: the rise of leaders characterised not by vision or courage, but by a specific brand of malleable, risk-averse, and transactional managerialism. […]

THE INVISIBLE BLOCKADE: How Media Made Economic Warfare Disappear The Vanishing Act In February 2019, millions watched in horror as Venezuelan security forces appeared to torch trucks carrying humanitarian aid on the Colombian border. CNN’s […]

On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States. A Head of State enjoys absolute immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction, known as ratione personae, at least till the term […]

Dawe: Mr President, are the United States at war with Venezuela? Clarke: No. Dawe: So there has been no invasion? Clarke: No. We’ve simply taken control. Dawe: By force. Clarke: Efficiently. (Pause) Dawe: Under what […]

By James Moore “The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty” (Simon Bolivar). It’s probably not an exaggeration to suggest that most Americans remain […]

By Walt Zlotow The US has spent the entire 21st century toppling regimes it hates. Every one up to Saturday’s removal of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro has ended in failure. 2001 Afghanistan President George W. […]

On January 1st, the World Nuclear News was upbeat about the industry’s prospects, with an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León’s World Nuclear News podcast interview. “What do you […]

Executive Summary This investigation examines the United States’ multi-decade campaign against Venezuela not as a series of isolated policy failures, but as a coherent, modern blueprint for resource conquest. The objective is not a conventional […]

After months of speculation, the US has captured Venezuela’s President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Operation Absolute Resolve will be severely scrutinized for decades. It is a return to the Divine Right of Kings […]

Part One: The Anatomy of an Imperial Project “Venezuelan strongman Maduro seized in daring US operation.” That’s how our ABC led its coverage when American forces stormed Caracas in January. Over at The Australian, it […]

INTERVIEWER: So the Prime Minister has said Australia is concerned about events in Venezuela, emphasised restraint, international law, and the need for stability. OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON: Yes. Very disappointing. Weak. Soft. Un-Australian. INTERVIEWER: Because he didn’t […]