Trump Will Try to Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela. It’s Still Illegal
Forcible regime change and US occupation of Venezuela are unlawful under the UN Charter.
Donroe Doctrine: Trump Attack on Venezuela Is Part of Imperial Plan To Impose US Hegemony in Latin America
Donald Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is part of a larger imperialist plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America, control the region’s natural resources (oil,…
Venezuela to UN: This Is Colonialism in Real Time
Post by Joshua Scheer Venezuela’s UN Ambassador Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta unleashed a scathing address at the UN Security Council, denouncing the United States for kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and…
Jeffrey Sachs on the U.S. Attack on Venezuela: A Call to Recognize the Dangers of Lawlessness
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to…
Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment 1. Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war The Trump administration attacked Venezuela and abducted of dictator Nicolas Maduro without…
Oil, Power, and Empire: Why the U.S. Is Targeting Venezuela Now
“What the United States is telling the rest of the world is that it believes it has the right to overthrow any government it doesn’t like.” on the latest Geopolitical…
WE’LL CONTROL THE OIL! — TRUMP BOASTS AFTER SECRET RAID AS WASHINGTON POST CHEERS ARREST
By Joshua Scheer In a reprehensible editorial, The Washington Post praised the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, calling the U.S.-led operation as “Justice in Venezuela” saying it was “one…
‘This Is an Act of War’: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike on Port Facility Inside Venezuela
One expert called the reported drone strike a “violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.”
Before Executing 2 Shipwrecked Sailors, US Admiral Consulted Top Military Lawyer: Report
By Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams The journalist who initially revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration killed shipwrecked survivors of its first known boat bombing reported Tuesday that the admiral…
Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies for Codepink The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also…
Second Ship Seized: U.S. Tightens Grip on Venezuelan Oil at Sea
Image US seized another ship in the Caribbean, Noem saysHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the U.S. Coast Guard interdicted a sanctioned vessel off the coast of Venezuela in…
Trump Admits He Wants To Take Venezuela’s Oil – and Give It to US Corporations
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: “We had a lot of oil there. They…
From Caracas to Congress: Trump’s Blockade Draws Condemnation and Resistance
By Joshua Scheer This post was originally intended as a year-in-review from BreakThrough News, covering major developments in Venezuela and Latin America—from the freeing of certain drug lords to U.S.…
‘Venezuela Will Never Again Be a Colony’: Maduro Government Denounces Trump’s Oil Blockade
In a controversial statement, Trump has declared that the sanctioned oil belongs to the United States. Caracas rejects the statement and considers it an “imperialist naval blockade.”
‘Unquestionably an Act of War’: Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela
“This is the Iraq War 2.0 with a South American flavor to it,” warned one Democratic senator.