Venezuelan Military Support for Maduro by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Short of the Trump regime invoking the military option, a possibility given how often the US goes this route, preserving and protecting Bolivarian social democracy in Venezuela depends on Maduro retaining military and majority popular support in the streets. The alternative […]

Trump Regime Illegally Sanctions Venezuela’s Oil Giant by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Monday, the Trump regime upped the stakes in Venezuela, imposing sanctions on state-owned oil giant PDVSA, seizing $7 billion of its assets. More on this below. Unilaterally imposed US sanctions against Venezuela and other countries are flagrantly illegal. […]

Politicized US Charges Against Huawei and Its CFO by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Huawei is a privately owned Chinese tech giant, the world’s largest telecom equipment manufacturer, the second largest smartphone maker. It’s leading the race to roll out next generation cutting-edge 5G technology of mobile Internet use, ahead of US […]

Venezuelan Spring? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Consistent rubbish appearing on the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page is enough to give extremist right-wing propaganda a bad name. It doesn’t get any worse than from propagandist on Latin American issues Mary O’Grady. She never met a hemispheric tinpot despot she didn’t wholeheartedly […]

The US and Venezuela Are World’s Apart by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since the 1999 birth of Venezuela’s Bolivarian social democracy, a model for other nations, the threat of a good example for Washington, Republicans and undemocratic Dems sought to destroy it. One of my earliest articles was on Venezuela, discussing […]

The US Drive for Hegemony Over Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Republicans and undemocratic Dems are united for flagrantly unlawful regime change in Venezuela – ignoring the UN Charter, other international law, and the US Constitution. There’s no ambiguity about the rule of law. UN Charter Article 2 states “(a)ll […]

A Coup by Any Other Name by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In an earlier article, I asked when is a coup not one? A rose is a rose is a rose, not something else. Things are what they are by whatever name. A coup by any other name doesn’t change things. […]

Cuba Meddling in Venezuela? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) At the Security Council on Saturday, Pompeo turned truth on its head, accusing Cuba of meddling in Venezuelan affairs, claiming Havana is using the country as a satellite of the island state. Cuba’s envoy to the UN Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo slammed Pompeo’s […]

Security Council Face-Off on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Trump regime launched an old-fashioned coup d’etat attempt to gain another imperial trophy – what it’s done scores of times before since the 19th century. Key for the US is controlling what it’s coveted since Hugo Chavez’s election 20 years […]

Hollow Undemocratic Dems’ Concern About Syria by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, the US has been actively or indirectly at war in Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Ukraine. Obama bragged about bombing seven countries in eight years. Both extremist right wings of America’s war party overwhelmingly support endless wars against nations threatening […]