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

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

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

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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Venezuela Warns of Far-Right Plot to Bomb US Embassy in False Flag Operation

Originally published in Orinoco Tribune On Sunday night, Venezuela reported that local far-right extremists are planning to plant explosives at the closed United States embassy in Caracas in what it called a false flag operation. Jorge Rodríguez, the head of the Venezuelan Peace Dialogues process and president of the National Assembly, reported that Caracas warned …

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Maduro Calls for US-Venezuela Dialogue in Letter to Trump

Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis In a letter to US President Donald Trump, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged peace and renewed dialogue. He also dismissed the drug-trafficking allegations leveled against Caracas as unfounded. In the September 6 missive delivered to the White House, Maduro described the claim that Caracas had refused to accept deported migrants, …

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