Two months into Donald Trump’s second run as president, what can we glean about his policies towards Latin America so far, asks TIM YOUNG, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London

The new ‘Bolivar’ Act expands the brutal sanctions programme as the Trump team signals a return to aggressive regime change and foreign mercenaries plot insurrection and assassination, writes TIM YOUNG

TIM YOUNG warns that the president-elect’s record of economic and political interference from his last stint in the White House show dangerous potential for escalated aggression against the Bolivarian government from 2025

The left-wing president’s bold move counters the US ambassador’s threats and growing fears that a coup from Washington is being planned — but international solidarity is needed, writes TIM YOUNG

Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America’s TIM YOUNG looks at Morena’s landslide, where rolling back privatisation, boosting welfare and reclaiming national resources has transformed the country and rallied huge support

TIM YOUNG warns of possible destabilisation attempts by Washington as Venezuelans prepare to head to the polls later this year

TIM YOUNG explains why tensions are rising in the Essequibo region

The nation’s seized oil company is at risk of an immediate break-up — part of the US-led campaign of subversion to topple the legitimate government, writes TIM YOUNG of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

To step up opposition to US intervention in Latin America we need to confront our own government’s role in trying to force ‘regime change’ on the struggling socialist nation, writes TIM YOUNG

Outrageously, the Bank of England’s theft of Venezuelan gold that was part of British support for failed regime change has now been given a boost by a Supreme Court ruling, reports TIM YOUNG

While the US president is pursuing a more progressive domestic policy agenda in many respects, his position towards Venezuela appears to be alarmingly similar to Trump’s, warns TIM YOUNG

TIM YOUNG writes on how elections are taking place in Venezuela amid interference and sabotage