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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...
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...
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...
The pros and cons of paying with cash for medical care
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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,...
“Rubio’s Ideological Project”: What’s Driving Trump’s Campaign Against Venezuela?
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the Trump administration’s escalating threats of war against Venezuela and the region. On Sunday, the U.S. docked a warship in Trinidad and...
Paris Fury lets slip unknown details about Venezuela’s wedding plans & admits she was ‘shaking’ on night she got engaged
SHE met husband Tyson when she was just 15 and married him three years later, so it is no surprise that Paris Fury is supporting her daughter’s decision to get engaged at 16. Speaking for the first time since Venezuela’s boyfriend Noah Price went...
Venezuela Slams Bolivia’s President-Elect for Pro-Imperialist Stance
Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz (C), 2025. X/ @me_llamo_nadie October 26, 2025 Hour: 2:45 pm On Saturday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil criticized Bolivia’s president-elect, Rodrigo Paz, for what he called an “anti-Bolivarian,...
Venezuelans Celebrate Canonization of Their Saints
Venezuelans in the La Candelaria church, Oct. 25, 2025. X/ @webnotitarde October 26, 2025 Hour: 10:43 am On Saturday, Venezuelan Catholics celebrated their first two saints — physician Jose Gregorio Hernandez and nun Carmen Rendiles — with...
Calls mount for help to come in for indigenous Venezuelan children in Trinidad
Warao children in Trinidad’s southwestern peninsula are living in squalor, running barefoot along the beach, their tiny feet covered in blisters and sores. None are enrolled in school, and the older ones over the age of ten help their...
A rare look at life inside Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela
Over the past few weeks, the long, frosty relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela reached a boiling point. The United States launched a series of strikes against vessels alleged to be carrying drugs, calling it a counter-narcotics mission. But...
Gov’t Denies Venezuela’s Allegations On USS Gravely’s Visit, Reaffirms Peaceful Ties
The Government says it has taken note of a statement issued by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela earlier today regarding the visit of the USS Gravely (DDG-107) to Trinidad and Tobago from Sunday, October 26th, to Thursday, October 30th, 2025....
What's next for Nicolás Maduro as Trump pressures Venezuela
The U.S. bombing of alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela and the buildup of military assets in the region have raised broader questions about possible plans to oust President Nicolás Maduro. The Venezuelan...
President Stephen Miller Sounds Dead Set On War With Venezuela
While Donald Trump keeps busy with his “main priority” of demolishing the White House and building his Marie Antoinette Ballroom, Presidential Puppetmaster Stephen Miller seems closer than ever to at least one of his Nazi wet dreams: invading...
US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago as Trump turns up heat on Venezuela
U.S. Marines aboard are expected to conduct defense exercises with the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force. This follows another visit from the Navy’s Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort in August that delivered medical services. The USS Gravely...
There Will Be No 'War With Venezuela,' and There Is No 'President Maduro"
When reading about what's going on between the United States and Venezuela — and I've done a lot of that lately — there are a few phrases in headlines and articles that I just can't take seriously. When I see someone use them, I know that anything...
Venezuelan military rejects any US-subservient government: defense minister
Cuban cadets attend a rally in support of Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro in Havana on Oct 17. (AP) CARACAS, Oct 25, (Xinhua): Venezuela's armed forces will not accept any government subservient to the United States, Defense Minister...
A $13 Billion Dollar Aircraft Carrier Won’t Stop Organized Crime In Venezuela
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - APRIL 8: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News...
Venezuelan military rejects any U.S.-subservient government, defense minister says
CARACAS, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's armed forces will not accept any government subservient to the United States, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Friday during a visit to a military hospital in the capital Caracas. "The...