Venezuela’s Legitimate Government: What the US Says It Is? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The US asserts the unilateral right to decide the legitimacy of governments worldwide. Ruling authorities not approved by Washington are considered illegitimate, operating by its own rules alone, international and its own constitutional laws ignored. Elections when […]

Trump Misses Senate Deadline on Identifying Khashoggi’s Killers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Last November, then-Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker and ranking undemocratic Dem committee member Robert Menendez addressed the issue of who ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.  By letter, they “demanded (Trump) make a determination specifically addressing whether Saudi […]

Grand Theft Venezuela: Stealing a Nation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Michael Hudson explained that Washington “treat(s) Venezuela as an extension of the US economy, running a trade surplus in oil to spend in the United States or transfer its savings to US banks.” Sanctions prevent Maduro’s government “from gaining access […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, White Helmets and Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) again stressed that Syria’s Idlib province “remains the main hotbed of tensions and violence.” She failed to explain that Turkey’s Erdogan betrayed Putin, promising to disarm al-Nusra and other […]

Save Venezuelan Sovereignty by Sino/Russian Led Peacekeepers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A previous article touched on the issue. Preserving and protecting the sovereignty of any nation from internal conflict or the threat of foreign takeover is what peacekeeping is supposed to be all about. Russia, China, and other countries supporting […]

SOUTHCOM Head Threatens Military Intervention in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Pentagon hammer treats everything targeted like a nail, notably nations, one after another pounded to rubble, the human toll of no consequence. In Thursday testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee members, SOUTHCOM commander Admiral Craig Faller turned truth […]

Trump to Ban Chinese Telecom Imports? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) How much Trump regime effrontery and abuse will China take before saying no more? Where will its red line be drawn? Are the world’s two largest economies too irreconcilably apart in trade talks and other issues to strike a meaningful […]

Maduro’s Open Letter to the American People by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Addressed to the American people on Facebook, it’s more an open letter to the world community.  Addressing ordinary people is an exercise in futility, especially Americans with no say over how they’re governed – exploited by their ruling authorities, […]

Saudi Crown Prince Threatened to Kill Khashoggi Months Before His Murder? Jamal Khashoggi was a marked man. Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) clearly wanted him eliminated. According to the NYT, “he told a top aide…in 2017 that he would use ‘a bullet’ on (him) if (he) did not return to the kingdom and […]

Trump Regime Intends Forceful Takeover of Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US governance under Republicans and undemocratic Dems is fascist wrapped in the American flag. Deep-seated fascism flourished under the Clinton co-presidency, Bush/Cheney and Obama, worst of all ongoing under Trump regime hardliners. Their agenda is the most ruthlessly dangerous […]