By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The pace of events is so rapid that it is difficult to keep track of what is happening and to deliberate on its repercussions and consequences. Last week I wrote about the new U.S. National Security Strategy and said that I would continue trying to discern its implications, but recent events have forced me to shift ...
By Dr. Fernando Esteche On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice executed a seizure warrant against the vessel “Skipper” in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The indictment was based on previous 2022 sanctions against the vessel (when it sailed under the name “Adisa”) for its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network that allegedly financed Iran’s ...
Eyes are on US president Trump’s possible aggression against Venezuela. But the real news are rather in Washington than in Caracas. The Maduro government appears completely stable, while the Trump regime is being shaken. Take a look at what happened in both capitals over the weekend: Caracas and the rest of Venezuela have conducted a referendum, with thousands of Venezuelans ...
The United States’ government is threatening the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 7 US warships including 4000 marines are currently facing the Venezuelan coast, and the US navy already attacked some fisher boats, which the Trump administration claimed were transporting illegal drugs. We spoke about these threats and their purpose with Roy Daza, member of the Venezuelan National Assembly. Daza is ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Many years ago, I decided not to read or listen to the enemy’s media anymore. During the coup d’état against Commander Chávez in April 2002, I was outside Venezuela, and from a distance, I was able to perceive the way the transnational media “reported” on the event. I became aware that, far from providing information, they ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The Venezuelan and United States governments have managed to establish a permanent line of communication. This is due more to internal policy decisions in the United States than to a real improvement in ties between the two countries. Finally, in the United States, the pragmatic MAGA (Make American Great Again) proposal is prevailing over the ideological ...
By Yunus Soner Following presidential elections of July 28, the domestic political situation in Venezuela is becoming calmer and calmer day by day. In contrast to that, external pressure on the reelected President Nicolas Maduro, specifically from the United States and the European Union, is mounting. The Venezuelan Supreme Court confirmed the elections results declared by the National Electoral Council ...
By Úrsula Asta and Fernando Esteche * The military escalation of the Israeli occupation war in Palestine, coupled with the increasing synergistic cooperation among major oil-producing countries, primarily those in the Persian Gulf, compel imperial powers to anticipate the resolution of supply chains and sustained energy supply. The punitive sanctions on Venezuela were initially imposed by the Trump-Bolton duo, and ...
Venezuela has experienced a political paradox on January 23, 2019. The then Member of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed himself, in a plaza in the east of Caracas, “president in charge” of the Caribbean country, and gradually began to receive the support of the International Community, read from the Trump Administration, and other countries that gravitate in the imperialist orbit. In ...
Following the transition from the Trump to the Biden Administration, US-Venezuela relations keep on being on the Latin American agenda. United World International spoke with Carlos Ron, Vice Minister for North America of the Ministry for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and President of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples, on US-Venezuela relations, ...