U.S.-China Rivalry Reaches South American Skies

The U.S. has pressed Argentina and Chile to review two Chinese telescope projects in the Andean deserts. Astronomers are worried about setbacks to research.

The New York Times
Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But President Trump has asserted a U.S. right to take it.

The New York Times
Outrage in Mexico at Trump praise for ‘legendary’ 19th-century US invasion

The US president’s celebration of the 1847 conquest draws fury from Mexican leaders over ‘imperialist tone’

The Guardian
5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula

Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.

Live Science

Yeah, so should we will just sit and watch how #America gets increasingly more #authoritarian, #imperialistic, and #hostile towards its own citizens and us in the #EU?

Of course not. We should #federalise. We should strive for a #European #army. We must be #independent.

#viveleurope

Anyone bother to ask what #Greenland folk actually want, let alone the #Chagossians, or is it all just a zero sum game and these people are pawns in an #imperialistic scramble for #resources? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-greenland-uk-chagos-islands-mauritius-deal-diego-garcia/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us #donaldtrump #denmark
Trump U-turns on U.K.'s Chagos Islands deal, claims it's another reason "Greenland has to be acquired" by U.S.

Trump says the U.K. decision to hand a strategic island to Mauritius, which he previously supported, was stupid, and justification for his attempt to acquire Greenland.

In #moscow, President Donald #Trump’s brazen incursion into #Venezuela also represents a return to great-power #politics — a world order in which larger, #imperialistic states dominate their regional spheres of influence with impunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/07/russia-venezuela-great-power-politics/

Opinion | Don’t Call It Regime Change. This Is Something Else Entirely.

To understand what’s unfolding in Venezuela, you have to look to the mob, not traditional foreign policy doctrines.

The New York Times
Trump's new envoy to Greenland says US is not looking to 'conquer' the Danish territory

President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland says the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island. The special envoy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, said in an appearance Tuesday on Fox News that the administration isn’t going to “go in there trying to conquer anybody" or "take over anybody’s country.” The governor’s comments seemed somewhat at odds with Trump, who has repeatedly said the U.S. needs to take over the Arctic territory for the sake of U.S. security and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich Arctic island.

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