Venezuela’s stablecoin use case grows amid war threats, ongoing sanctions

Venezuela’s dependence on US-dollar pegged stablecoins could deepen amid a new threat of war, ongoing sanctions and the hyperinflation of the bolívar. Earlier this week, the US Department of Defense deployed its most advanced aircraft carrier to...

PM: Trinidad and Tobago’s future does not depend on Venezuela gas

News Joey Bartlett An Hour Ago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. - File photo PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar remains unbothered amid reports that Caracas is proposing to suspend all gas agreements with TT, saying the country's future...

US military threat heightens economic uncertainty and worsens inflationary crisis in Venezuela

Every time he appears on television to address the nation, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro enthusiastically praises the growth that, according to the official narrative, the local economy has experienced in recent months. In fact, the Central...

PM Briceno Calls for Regional Peace Amid U.S. Naval Presence Near Venezuela

Prime Minister John Brecenio weighed in today – on the Sunday arrival of the USS Gravely, and the USS Gerald R. Ford, moored just 24 miles from the Venezuelan coast. Over the next four days, one of the largest us expansion of military presence in...

Browne, Al-Rawi say T&T-Venezuela tensions affecting citizens’ mental health

Jesse Ramdeo Se­nior Re­porter jesse.ramdeo@cnc3.co.tt Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor and for­mer min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs, Dr Amery Browne, has warned that the on­go­ing es­ca­la­tion of ten­sions be­tween Venezuela and the Unit­ed...

Cuban Doctor Arrested in South Africa for Medicine Theft

The doctor has also been part of medical brigades in Venezuela, Pakistan and Brazil A routine check found “unauthorized” drugs in her bag and office / Screen capture 14ymedio, Havana, 26 October 2025 — Cuban doctor Yamilet Castañeda was arrested...

Invade Venezuela first!

Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela? A: Because if Trump invades Venezuela first, he’ll get bogged down in that war and never get around to invading Canada. Actually, most Canadians are not thinking that, because a) Venezuela...

Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil

[Source: theweek.com] On October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan...

Venezuela moves to cancel energy agreements with Trinidad after U.S. warship arrives at island nation

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s vice president said Monday that energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago should be canceled over what she described as “hostile” actions by the island nation. Trinidad is now hosting one of the U.S. warships...

Trinidad Getting Squeezed Between US Help It Wants, Venezuelan Nat Gas It Needs

This was kind of an interesting aside to all the cartel boats blowing up and Maduro blustering going on in the Caribbean. All that noise from the big boys has drowned out the fact that the little island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is dancing a...

Venezuelan Minister warns of fake attack on the USS Gravely

Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil Pinto has claimed that a fake attack on the US warship the USS Gravely currently docked in Trinidadian waters may be incoming as part of a “false flag” operation the Venezuelan government alleges is...

Is Marco Rubio Driving the Trump Administration’s Campaign Against Venezuela?

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug...

7 Venezuelan bugs that can ruin your day (and maybe your life)

Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident If we ever find ourselves working in Venezuela’s thick green, it won’t be the politics that break you...

Escalating Shadows in the Caribbean: United States Warship Docks in Trinidad Amid Venezuela Tensions

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – In a move that has sent ripples of unease across the Caribbean, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) docked at the Port of Spain on Sunday, October 26, 2025, marking a visible escalation in the...

The pros and cons of paying with cash for medical care

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing The pros and cons of paying with cash for medical care 03:00 UP NEXT Minnesota man arrested for alleged murder-for-hire threat against AG Pam Bondi...

Tears on the Bridge: Seventeen Colombians Walk Home from Venezuelan Prisons

The morning air over Cúcuta smelled of river dust and redemption. Across the Atanasio Girardot Bridge, seventeen Colombians stepped back into their country after months—some more than a year—locked in Venezuelan prisons. The crossing was slow,...

Venezuela: Trinidad and Tobago helping US start a war — Warship worries

News Gregory Mc Burnie 2 Hrs Ago Venezuela Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez - HOURS after US naval warship USS Gravely docked at the Port of Spain port, the Venezuelan government released a statement denouncing what it describes as...

Venezuelans are thinking the unthinkable

“There is a killer prowling in the Caribbean,” said Venezuela’s UN ambassador, Samuel Moncada. He meant the US. Since the beginning of September, the US military has carried out six strikes on suspected “narco boats” close to Venezuela, killing at...

Venezuela claims knowledge of ‘false flag attack’ planned by US intelligence amid Trump escalation in the region

The USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, arrived Oct. 26 in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, which is within 500 miles of Venezuela. The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago announced Oct. 24 that the ship will moor in the...

Venezuela accuses T&T of provoking war with visit of US destroyer vessel

GAIL ALEXAN­DER Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter Venezuela has ac­cused Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Gov­ern­ment of be­ing un­der US con­trol and part of an ef­fort that could spark a full mil­i­tary con­fronta­tion against Venezuela. How­ev­er, the...