US/DPRK Summit Failure in Hanoi by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Two days of talks were cut short on Thursday with no resolution of major differences, no final statement as was issued after last June’s summit – the customary format whenever formal meetings between leaders are held. Negotiations broke down because of […]

Dueling Russia/US SC Resolutions on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Reportedly they’ll be introduced at a Thursday Security Council session, neither with a chance for adoption. The Trump regime resolution expresses phony “deep concern that the presidential elections of May 20, 2018 were neither free nor fair.” Fact: Whenever Venezuelan […]

Council on Foreign Relations Head Promotes War on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. once called the Council for Foreign Relations (CFR) a “front organization (for) the heart of the American establishment.” It promotes an agenda hostile to world peace and the general welfare. Separately, Schlesinger warned […]

Deconstructing US Big Lies on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman US wars of aggression, color revolutions, and old-fashioned coups are indefensibly defended on a foundation of bald-faced Big Lies and mass deception. Sunshine, the best disinfectant, exposes what’s going on.  Convicted felon, serial liar, unindicted war criminal Elliot Abrams is Trump regime point man for toppling […]

Kim Jong-Un/Trump Summit 2.0: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Both leaders will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 27 and 28).  Over eight months after last June’s summit, all the DPRK has to show for it is empty US promises – as expected, nothing concrete […]

Flashpoint Along the Indo/Pakistani Line of Control in Kashmir by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Bilateral tensions are highest since their 1971 war – begun by preemptive Pakistani bombing of Indian air station facilities. Both countries clashed for two weeks on their eastern and western fronts, ending when Pakistan’s military agreed to […]

Security Council Session on Venezuela: Hard Truths v. US Big Lies by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A Trump regime-called special Security Council session on Venezuela was a pretext for pushing its Big Lies about the country on the world stage – effectively countered by the Bolivarian foreign minister. See below. On […]

The Great Trump Regime Humanitarian Aid to Venezuela Hoax by Stephen Lendman There’s nothing humanitarian about all-out war by other means, by illegal sanctions causing enormous harm to Venezuela’s economy and people, by threatening hot war, by wanting fascist tyranny replacing democratic governance. Nor is sending toxic “decayed food and expired and unusable medications” unsafe […]

The Trump Regime’s Military Option in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) I discussed the possibility in a previous article, considering whether the Trump regime intends inventing a pretext for military intervention. It’s an option Trump prefers based on his previous comments. The EU, Latin and Central American states oppose intervening […]

Pence in Bogota: Selling the Trump Regime’s Coup Plot Against Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In Bogota, Colombia, Pence promoted the Trump regime’s attempted coup against Venezuelan social democracy.  Leaders of so-called Lima Group countries (aka US regional colonies) attended to show support for the scheme – short of military […]