The #LRB pod talks with historian #GregGrandin about the US attack on #Venezuela -- "what the intervention reveals about #Trump’s intentions in the region and his wider foreign policy, and why, as in the past, such adventures will ultimately expose the limits of US power."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/on-politics-venezuela-and-the-trump-doctrine
#Maduro #USpol #USpolitics #USforeignPolicy #LatinAmerica #imperialBullying

Podcast: Greg Grandin and James Butler · On Politics: Venezuela and the Trump Doctrine

London Review of Books

#TheDigRadio | Trump's attack on Venezuela

"Featuring Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho on the US attack on #Venezuela and kidnapping of President #NicolásMaduro. An expansive conversation analyzing #Trump’s imperialist project and assessing #Chavismo and its oppositions from #Chávez through #Maduro."

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/venezuela-w-alejandro-velasco-gabriel-hetland-yoletty-bracho/
#BolivarianRevolution #USpol #USforeignPolicy #USimperialism #imperialBullying #LatinAmerica

Venezuela w/ Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, Yoletty Bracho

Featuring Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho on the US attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro. An expansive conversation analyzing Trump’s imperialist project and assessing Chavismo and its oppositions from Chávez through Maduro.

The Dig

"The #Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine effectively extends the Central American and Caribbean realm to South America. #Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold, iron and rare earth minerals make it a singular prize: nowhere else in South America comes close. Stephen Miller apparently came up with the idea, which Trump echoes, that by nationalising its oil under Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1976, Venezuela ‘stole it’ from the US."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/january/murder-inc
#Maduro #USpol #USforeignPolicy #imperialBullying

Forrest Hylton | Murder Inc.

US foreign policy in South America used to differ from its approach to Central America and the Caribbean. In the 20th...

LRB Blog

"Democracy Now! discusses the attack on #Venezuela with two Venezuelan American scholars: Alejandro Velasco, an associate history professor at New York University, and Miguel Tinker Salas, emeritus professor of history at Pomona College."

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/5/maduro_abduction_impact_on_latin_america
#Trump #Maduro #USpol #imperialBullying

Trump “Just Wants Oil,” Not Democracy: What’s Next in Trump’s War on Venezuela?

Democracy Now! discusses the attack on Venezuela with two Venezuelan American scholars: Alejandro Velasco, an associate history professor at New York University, and Miguel Tinker Salas, emeritus professor of history at Pomona College. The professors react to President Trump’s comments on the presence of oil in the region and claims that Venezuela had “stolen” oil from U.S. companies. “There was no taking of 'American property or American oil' — it was Venezuelan oil,” says Tinker Salas. “It belonged to Venezuela.” Velasco also comments on Marco Rubio, a central figure in the U.S. campaign against Venezuela, who may have another country as his ultimate target. “Rubio’s primary interest in the region is not Venezuela, it’s not Colombia, it’s not Mexico — it’s Cuba,” says Velasco.

Democracy Now!
Thread by @AleVelascoNYU on Thread Reader App

@AleVelascoNYU: At this point, taking the actual operation, Trump’s press conference, and Delcy Rodriguez’s press conference into consideration, it seems fairly certain (though of course, unconfirmed) that Maduro wa...…

"Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking #Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás #Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejandro Velasco."

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/3/special_report_on_venezuela_us_kidnaps
#Trump #USpol #USforeignPolicy #régimeChangeWars #imperialBullying

Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says “We Are Going to Run” Oil-Rich Nation

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejandro Velasco.

Democracy Now!

"[A]s with so many Trumpian things, it’s important to remember that he wouldn’t be able to do what he does if it weren’t for policies and institutions put in place by all too many of his predecessors. His horrors have long backstories. In fact, Donald #Trump isn’t so much escalating the #warOnDrugs as escalating its escalation."

#GregGrandin, A Murder Incorporated Tale of the #DrugWars

https://tomdispatch.com/escalating-the-escalation/
#USpol #LatinAmerica #Venezuela #imperialBullying #extrajudicialKillings

"It's importing the logic of Gaza into the Caribbean, using overwhelming predominant force [...] they're just wiped off the face of the earth - 27 people who were convicted of absolutely nothing"

Historian #GregGrandin, author of "America América," talks about #Trump's designs on #LatinAmerica

https://player.fm/series/the-nation-podcasts/trumps-designs-on-latin-america-with-greg-grandin-the-nation-podcast

His piece in The Nation, "Trump's Caribbean Killing Spree": https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-venezuela-pentagon/
#USpol #USpolitics #Venezuela #USforeignPolicy #imperialism #imperialBullying #stateCrime

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