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A pedestrian walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026
Latin America / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE

Ramona Palma, center, mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, mourns during his funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Garcia was killed in the U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Latin America / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON

Fellow soldiers carry, on Wednesday in Caracas, the coffins of comrades killed in the US treacherous attack and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife
Features / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026

ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy

Ramona Palma, mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, mourns during his wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, after Garcia was killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Editorial: / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer picks up UK-US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump before speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, December 15, 2025
The ‘Special Relationship’ / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

Starmer slammed for refusing to say whether Trump broke international law by kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife

Venezuela / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, speak on April 27, 2025, in Marienborg, Denmark. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
Europe / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026

Danish Prime Minister says if US were to invade Greenland, then it would be the end of Nato

OUTRAGE: Protesters hold signs calling for the release of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside Manhattan Federal Court before his arraignment in New York, on Monday January 5
Features / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western outrage was absolute. Yet today, the tone is markedly more subdued regarding US aggression against Venezuela. The manner in which the media and politicians frame this invasion exposes a profound ideological double standard, writes MARC VANDEPITTE

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (2nd right) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) listen to Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026
Britain / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
POPULAR OUTRAGE: ‘Free Maduro’ placard at a protest in Caracas last Sunday says it all
Venezuela / 8 January 2026
8 January 2026

ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, September 18, 2025
Eyes Left / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

The US assault on Venezuela is brazen and unlawful – yet our PM claims uncertainty. By refusing to confront Trump’s naked imperialism, Starmer abandons international law, mortgages British policy to Washington, and clears the ground for war, argues ANDREW MURRAY

British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a statement, watched by American President George Bush, July 7, 2005
Editorial / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
Government supporters demand President Nicolas Maduro's release from U.S. custody during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, January 4, 2026
Venezuela / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
Government supporters rally in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026, after President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife
Venezuela / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
OVERREACH? In this photo released by the White House, President Donald Trump monitors US military operations in Venezuela, with CIA director John Ratcliffe, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday
Features / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026

RAINER RUPP examines former CIA analyst Larry Johnson’s description of the US operation to kidnap Nicolas Maduro as a tactically successful but strategically disastrous move, with shades of Bush’s disastrous intervention in Iraq

President Donald Trump listens as he was speaking with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md
Editorial / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
A government supporter holds a banner for President Nicolas Maduro during a protest demanding his release, after U.S. forces captured and flew him to the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 4, 2026
Wales / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer picks up UK-US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump before speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, December 15, 2025
Venezuela / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026