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Venezuelan Gov’t Denounces ‘Colonialist Threats’ After Trump Claims Airspace Closed

News

By Ricardo Vaz for venezuelanalysis.com The Nicolás Maduro government strongly rejected claims from US President Donald Trump that Venezuelan airspace should be considered “closed in its entirety.” Caracas condemned the White House’s “colonialist threats” as a new “extravagant, illegal and unjustified” attack against the Caribbean nation in a statement issued Saturday. “These kinds of declarations …

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Over 30 Parliamentarians Condemn Trump’s Plans for War on Venezuela

News, Statements

More than 30 parliamentarians have condemned Donald Trump’s apparent plans for war on Venezuela, following the announcement by Trump’s US Secretary of War of a new military operation, Southern Spear, in Latin America. The MPs and peers have signed the new No to Trump’s War on Venezuela statement. Launched last week with initial parliamentary supporters …

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Briefing: Trump’s war escalation against Venezuela

Analysis

By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign How is the US threatening Venezuela? Over the past few months the Trump administration has intensified its long-standing aggression against Venezuela by deploying a range of warships (including a nuclear submarine) in the Caribbean Sea in a purported anti-narcotics operation. This has been widely condemned as a pretext for …

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Emergency statement – No to Trump’s War on Venezuela

Action, News, Statements

With Donald Trump increasingly threatening military attacks on Venezuela, a new emergency statement against war on Venezuela has been launched — backed by leading MPs, writers, trade unionists, and peace campaigners in Britain. The statement has already been endorsed by MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon; trade union general secretaries Daniel Kebede (NEU), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA), and Gawain Little (GFTU); writers Tariq Ali and Victoria Brittain; and …

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The British Government has failed to condemn Trump’s attacks in the Caribbean.

Analysis, News

By Tim Young, VSC exec for Stop the War For the past few weeks the Trump administration has intensified its long-standing aggression against Venezuela by deploying warships (including a nuclear submarine) in the Caribbean Sea in a purported anti-narcotics operation. US forces have carried out at least five incidents of strikes on boats in Venezuelan …

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Richard Gott (1938-2025)

News, Statements

By Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign National Secretary Richard Gott, one of the British scholars who best understood Latin American politics and history, has died today 2nd November 2025. He was 87 years old. We, Latin Americans, got to know him for his strong, unwavering and decades-long commitment to the revolutionary struggles of the peoples …

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When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.

Analysis, News

By Michelle Ellner for CODEPINK When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. But I didn’t, because there’s nothing funny about rewarding someone whose politics have brought so much suffering. Anyone who knows what she stands for knows there’s nothing remotely peaceful about her politics. …

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Venezuela – Sound the alarm over Trump’s War Threats

Analysis, News, Statements

By Francisco Dominguez, VSC Secretary. Trump has announced that US military forces deployed in the Caribbean Sea have carried out yet another extra-judicial killing against a fifth small boat near Venezuela’s coast, alleging, without providing a shred of evidence, that it was involved in drug-trafficking. Worse, Trump said the US would change its maritime campaign …

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“We will blow you out of existence”: Trump’s Caribbean spectacle

Analysis, News

By Carlos Ron, originally published by People’s Dispatch. On September 23, 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown “out of existence”. This statement, taken as a blatant disregard for international law and due process, made reference to the …

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