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Venezuela Mobilizes 4.5 Million Militia Members As US Deploys Troops

August 20, 2025 Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday, August 18, that he is activating “over 4.5 million militia members across the entire national territory” of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the US deployment of three Navy guided-missile destroyers and 4,000 military personnel to the Caribbean. The White House has described the deployment as an anti-drug trafficking operation in the region, while some analysts have called it a new threat against Venezuela – the country with the largest oil reserves in the world. The US military deployment comes after Washington raised its bounty on the Venezuelan president from USD 25 million to USD 50 million, alleging links to drug cartels.

What Lies Behind Trump’s Attacks Against Venezuela?

August 13, 2025 Francisco Dominguez, Morning Star. , , , ,
As if President Trump intended to meet professional US mercenary Erik Prince half way, US Attorney General Pam Bondi increased the existing US bounty on President Nicolas Maduro — originally set at $15 million — from $25m to $50m for anyone providing “information leading to his arrest or conviction.” In late 2024, Prince, a professional mercenary, alongside Venezuela’s far right, promoted a plan to deploy a private army to Venezuela. He suggested that if the US raised the bounty on Maduro’s head to $100 million, targeting not only the president but also Diosdado Cabello and the entire government, they could “just sit back and wait for the magic to happen.” Prince and Venezuela’s far right even launched a crowdfunding campaign, Ya Casi Venezuela (“Almost There, Venezuela”), to collect the $100 million.

US Increases Bounty On President Nicolás Maduro To $50 Million

August 9, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. , , ,
The Venezuelan government has said that the increase in the reward for the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro by US Attorney General Pam Bondi is “ridiculous” and that it is part of a “propaganda operation” and a “desperate distraction” from the internal problems facing the United States. Bondi published a video on August 7, announcing that the US Department of Justice and Department of State are offering USD 50 million for “information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro”. This is not the first time the US government has tried to pressure the Bolivarian government in this way. In 2020, the US Department of Justice offered USD 15 million for Maduro’s arrest. The accusations were based on alleged acts of “narco-terrorism” by the Venezuelan government.

Venezuelans Expose Horrors Experienced In El Salvador Prison

July 20, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. , , , , , , ,
“We drank the water with which we bathed because they did not give us drinking water,” said a Venezuelan migrant who was repatriated after having been illegally imprisoned in a high-security prison in El Salvador since March. on a repatriation plane on Friday, July 18. He returned on one of the two repatriation flights that brought back the 252 migrants to Venezuela on Friday, July 18. They had been deported from the US and imprisoned in the Confinement Center for Terrorism (CECOT) in El Salvador without due process. Their repatriation was finally possible due to intense diplomatic negotiations by Nicolás Maduro administration with the US authorities.

Tenacious Bolivarian Resistance Against Obstinate US Aggression

June 23, 2025 Francisco Dominguez, Countercurrents. , , , ,
On the eve of Venezuela’s presidential election on 29th July 2024, Guardian correspondents, Tiago Rogero (based in Rio de Janeiro) and Sam Jones (based in Madrid) predicted the vote “could end 25 years of socialist rule.” It did not. The following, 30 July, another group of Guardian correspondents gave prominent coverage to far-right wing Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado, quoting her claim that “Maduro’s exit was inevitable.” Yet, Nicolas Maduro was inaugurated as the re-elected president for the 2025-2031 term on 10 January 2025. The July 2024 presidential election was followed by the election for National Assembly deputies and all 24 governorships of Venezuela’s federal structure on 25 May 2025.

A Simplistic Analysis Of The Maduro Government Leaves Much Unsaid

May 20, 2025 Steve Ellner, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
Gabriel Hetland’s article “Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela,” published in New Labor Forum and reposted at LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, presents a one-sided and decontextualised view of Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro. According to Hetland, the Maduro government is virtually devoid of any redeeming characteristics. Hetland refers approvingly to the claim made by Maduro’s harshest critics on the left, that his government and the right-wing opposition are “two sides of the same coin”. Yet any serious examination of Venezuela under Maduro needs to incorporate the impact of US-imposed economic sanctions into its analysis and not simply make passing reference to them.

US Authorities Fire Intelligence Officials Who Contradicted Trump

May 16, 2025 Randolf Borges, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
The US government fired two high-ranking officials of the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) who had contradicted the Trump administration’s claim that the Venezuelan government has ties with the now defunct Tren de Aragua gang. The director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, expelled the interim president of the NIC, Michael Collins, and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, who were responsible for the investigation that destroyed the Venezuelan far-right’s propaganda about alleged links between the gang and the government of Nicolás Maduro. Gabbard’s fired these two NIC officials because their findings did not agree with Trump’s political agenda of continuing a false narrative against Venezuela.

Maduro Declares Economic Emergency Against US Tariff War

April 9, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. , , , , , ,
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed an economic emergency decree on Tuesday, April 8, during a televised meeting with telecommunications and economic leaders. He framed the move as a response to what he called a US-led “tariff war” destabilizing global trade systems, alongside the revival of the “maximum pressure” strategy aimed at suffocating Venezuela’s economy. The decree, pending approval by the National Assembly, seeks to bolster Venezuela’s economy amid escalating international tensions and US aggression. President Maduro accused the US of dealing a “definitive and total blow” to international trade institutions, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), in an effort to impose “single hegemonic dominance” over global economic rules.

Venezuelan President Criticized For Not Being A Proper Dictator

February 2, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? Bloomberg approvingly quotes an opposition-supporting Venezuelan living in Chile that Venezuela’s scheduling of parliamentary and regional elections in April is a desperate attempt by President Maduro to “obtain some kind of legitimacy for the regime.” Not to be caught in the trap of participating in elections, US-backed far-right Venezuelan “opposition leader” María Corina Machado called for an electoral boycott.

President Maduro Assumes A Third Term: Prospects And Problematics

January 25, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , ,
The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the head of President Maduro and lesser amounts on other Venezuelan leaders. Both González and the incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro, claimed that he would be the one to be inaugurated in two days. I had come to accompany the inauguration and for the concurrent antifascist festival. 

The US Once Again Fails To Impose Its Will On The Venezuelan People

January 12, 2025 Manolo De Los Santos, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
On Friday, January 10, in Caracas, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for a third term (2025-2031). Hours later, about 587 miles away in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the failed candidate of the far-right opposition, Edmundo González, a self-proclaimed commander-in-chief, issued a message on social media ordering Venezuela’s military high command to “disregard the illegal orders given by those who have seized power.” Just last Thursday, in the Dominican Republic, flanked by a group of right-wing former Latin American presidents, González announced his intention to take possession of the presidency in Caracas.

What’s At Stake With Maduro’s Inauguration In Venezuela

January 10, 2025 Stephanie Weatherbee Brito and Vivian Fernandes, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , ,
January 10 is a crucial day for Venezuela: the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro as President, after having been re-elected with 52% of the votes on July 28. This act not only marks the continuity of the Bolivarian Revolution, but also reflects the commitment of the Venezuelan people to the construction of a socialist model and in resistance to the aggression of US imperialism and the oligarchic elites. The Venezuelan reactionary sectors, supported by the US and its allies, have tried to destabilize the country on multiple occasions and once again now, with the defeated candidate Edmundo González self-proclaiming himself the winner and declaring that he will take office as president on the 10th.

Venezuela: An Anti-Fascist Presidential Inauguration

January 10, 2025 Mueve AL, Resumen English. , , , ,
More than 2,000 social leaders, communicators and national and international political activists gathered today at the La Carlota Center, Caracas, to participate in the Great World Anti-Fascist Festival and, from that front, to support the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro Moros. Delegations from more than 100 countries will travel to Caracas this Friday to accompany the ceremony, which confirms that Venezuela’s institutionality is recognized and respected by the peoples of the world, despite the destabilization attempts of the right wing and its constant calls to isolate the country from the rest of the world.

The Undeclared Objectives Of Edmundo González’s Tour

January 9, 2025 Misión Verdad, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
On January 3, the former presidential candidate from the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo González, began a tour of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama, and the United States. Last September, he asked for asylum from the Spanish government and subsequently fled there after a negotiation with the Venezuelan government that completely dynamited his credibility. His visit to these countries, where he has been received as a supposed “president-elect,” has as its fundamental objective to position, once again, the Venezuelan question on the regional scene, in view of the imminent rise of Donald Trump to the White House, relying on the governments most aligned with Washington’s foreign policy on the continent.

Venezuelans Rally To Protect Their Government From US Interference

January 6, 2025 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , ,
On January 10, President Maduro will be inaugurated and begin his third term in office. This follows a turbulent July election, which a US-backed opposition attempted to disrupt through violence, cyber attacks and allegations of fraud. Venezuelans mobilized successfully to thwart that effort but the United States continues to intervene through mercenaries, growing regional militarization and claims that the US-backed candidate, currently living in asylum in Spain, is the recognized president of Venezuela. Clearing the FOG speaks with Leonardo Flores of the Venezuela Solidarity Network about Venezuelans' preparations to protect their country and their gains made under the Bolivarian revolution.
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