By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Following sustained economic pressure, Iran’s domestic situation has now reached a sensitive point at which livelihood-based protests risk being transformed into engineered unrest. Existing analyses indicate that behind these efforts to create instability stand two main international actors: the United States and Israel. Their objective is to exploit the people’s genuine grievances as ...

By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein During the last few days, we have been living under a strong wave of disinformation regarding a possible US “invasion” or military intervention against Venezuela, which has been seasoned with the already natural contradictions of President Trump’s rhetoric. Of course, it cannot be ignored in the analysis that Venezuela has the largest certified oil reserves on ...

by Fabrizio Verde, from Caracas / Venezuela Late August. The Caribbean Sea—usually a postcard of turquoise waters and cruise-ship tranquility—has turned into a stage for Cold War–style brinkmanship. The United States, in a move evoking its darkest interventions, has deployed warships and a nuclear-powered submarine just miles off Venezuela’s coast. The official pretext? The “war on drugs.” But this accusation ...

By Adnan Türkkan Coup Attempts, economic sanctions, election interference… Now the US appears to be preparing another attack on Venezuela, but this time with its own arms. We were guest to Venezuela’s Ambassador to Ankara, Freddy Molina at his residence in Türkiye’s capital. The Ambassador explained the US’s objectives and Venezuela’s countermeasures. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– “Day of Solidarity” Many people are visiting ...