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2026-02-14 16:38
US military’s use of Claude AI in Maduro raid sparks Pentagon tension
The U.S. military used Anthropic’s Claude AI during the active operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, a move that now threatens the company’s relationship with the Pentagon, Axios reported Friday.
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2026/01/13
By Dr Ahmed Moustafa
Strategic quagmire: Expert analysis suggests U.S. will pay a high price for Maduro's "illegal captur
CAIRO – In what geopolitical analysts describe as the most provocative U.S. intervention in Latin America in decades, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces has backfired catastrophically, implicitly uniting competitors China, Russia, and North Korea in a stark warning to the Trump administration. The trio of opposition has unofficially warned of further escalation and threatened an appropriate response from the U.S. and its allies if Washington does not back down, a move experts believe could expose the fragile foundations of American sovereignty.
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2026/01/12
By Dr Ahmed Moustafa
Media analysis: How Maduro's kidnapping affects US relations with Russia and China
On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces conducted a large-scale military operation in Venezuela, involving strikes on Caracas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. They were flown to New York to face U.S. charges related to drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, and narco-terrorism.
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2026-01-07 22:20
By staff writer
The ‘narco’ smokescreen clears as US demands Venezuelan oil fields
TEHRAN — The smoke from the January 3 airstrikes on Caracas has barely dissipated, but the strategic landscape of the American aggression against Venezuela has already undergone a chilling transformation.
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2026-01-07 18:30
By Shahrokh Saei
Greenland today, Europe tomorrow: Mapping the rise of Trumpland
TEHRAN – President Donald Trump’s imperial ambitions show no sign of slowing, fueled by hubris and the momentum of America’s deadly military strikes in Venezuela — a campaign that culminated in the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro. Trump has now declared that Venezuela “will be turning over” up to 50 million barrels of oil — valued at roughly $2.8 billion — to the United States.
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2026-01-06 20:17
By staff writer
The kidnapping of a president and the outcry shaking the world order
TEHRAN – The abduction of a sitting head of state—blindfolded and rendered to a Manhattan courtroom—marks the definitive end of the post-WWII diplomatic era.
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2026-01-06 17:01
Jeffrey Sachs calls for an end to US strangulation of Venezuela
In his Monday briefing to the UN Security Council, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs warned that U.S. aggression and “economic strangulation” against Venezuela represent a grave violation of the UN Charter.
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2026-01-05 19:55
Russia and China condemn U.S. “crimes” and “bullying” in Venezuela
Russia and China condemned the United States at a UN Security Council meeting, accusing Washington of committing “crimes” and “bullying” in Venezuela. The criticism followed a U.S.-led military operation that included deadly strikes and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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2026-01-05 18:18
By Shahrokh Saei
Trump’s imperial reach: From Latin America to Greenland
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against other countries, issued after the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military operation that included deadly strikes inside the Latin American nation, are not merely reckless—they are a brazen display of imperial arrogance.
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2026-01-05 14:00
At least 80 killed in U.S. strikes on Venezuela; Cuba reports 32 citizens among the dead
The New York Times reported that at least 80 people were killed in Venezuela following U.S. military strikes.
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2026-01-04 21:07
By staff writer
Worldwide anger at state-run abduction
The U.S. government’s unlawful abduction of Venezuela’s elected president has ignited protests and fierce condemnations across continents
TEHRAN – The United States has crossed a dangerous line with its military assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. What Washington presents as justice is, in reality, a blatant violation of international law and Venezuela's sovereignty. By abducting a sitting head of state and declaring that the U.S. will "run the country," President Donald Trump has revived the darkest traditions of imperialism in Latin America.
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2026-01-04 20:13
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Kidnapping sovereignty: When law of the jungle replaces global order
BEIRUT—The modern international system is built—at least in principle—on a foundational norm: the sovereignty of states.
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2026/01/04
By Shahrokh Saei
Iran is not Venezuela: Play with fire, get burned
TEHRAN – After the U.S. military strikes inside Venezuela early Saturday and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump appears convinced he can replay the same scenario in Iran.
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2026-01-04 19:43
By Wesam Bahrani
US aggression on Venezuela sparks global protests
TEHRAN – Mass protests sweep the U.S., Canada and Europe against U.S. military aggression on Venezuela.
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2026-01-03 20:35
Afro-Venezuelan activist calls for global solidarity after US attack
Miranda, Venezuela — Christian Peach Ortiz of Cumbe Afrovenezolana recounts his personal experience of the early-morning US attack on Venezuela, describing the sound of explosions and the fear it brought to him and his family. He says Washington seeks to colonize Venezuela’s natural resources, calls on people around the world to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, and voices his support for President Nicolás Maduro.
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2026-01-03 20:30
Caracas protests back Maduro following US strike
Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelans gathered in the capital following the US attack on the country, rallying in support of the government and President Nicolás Maduro.The scenes were reported from Caracas by Chris Gilbert, professor of political studies at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV), who described the demonstrations as a show of public defiance and national unity in the face of foreign aggression.
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2026-01-03 20:26
Venezuela denounces U.S. strikes as grave breach of sovereignty and international law
The Venezuelan government has condemned US military strikes on civilian and military sites in Caracas and surrounding states, calling the attacks a blatant violation of the UN Charter and a direct threat to regional peace.
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2026-01-03 20:00
By Wesam Bahrani
Global condemnation mounts over Venezuela attacks
TEHRAN – Condemnation is mounting as countries worldwide denounce U.S. military aggression on Venezuela and call for restraint and international law.
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2026-01-03 17:49
Exclusive dispatch from Venezuela:
Washington’s ‘vile’ violation of Bolívar’s homeland
"Tense calm in country after ‘vile’ US strikes"
TEHRAN — In a brazen escalation of longstanding hostility, the United States conducted airstrikes on Venezuela on early Saturday (January 3) in what international observers have widely denounced as an illegal violation of national sovereignty.
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2026-01-03 16:56
No further military action expected after Maduro’s capture, Republican senator claims
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will face trial on charges the United States regards as criminal, Republican Senator Mike Lee stated Saturday after a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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2026-01-03 16:30
By staff writer
The law of the jungle: U.S. aggression tramples on Venezuelan sovereignty
TEHRAN – The early Saturday U.S. strike on Venezuela and the reported abduction of President Nicolás Maduro were not acts of justice or legitimate defense. They were manifestations of raw power politics — the law of the jungle — where might is imposed over right and international norms are discarded in favor of brute force. By bypassing international law and seizing a sitting president, Washington has spread instability across Latin America, undermining the very principles of sovereignty and self-determination.
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2026-01-03 13:32
Trump claims Maduro is 'captured’ and flown out of Venezuela
President Donald Trump says the United States has “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country after “large-scale” strikes.
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2025-12-31 11:26
By Ranjan Solomon
Venezuela, Russia, and the return of nuclear signaling
How a distant crisis exposes the fractures of the global order
GOA - At a time when global discourse is saturated with managed outrage and selective morality, certain crises are rendered invisible not because they lack consequence, but because they expose uncomfortable truths about power. Venezuela is one such crisis. Rarely discussed beyond caricatures of authoritarianism or economic failure, it has now re-entered the global stage in a far more unsettling form — as a strategic fault line in an intensifying confrontation between imperial persistence and geopolitical resistance.
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2025/12/24
Maduro says defending Venezuela today is defending peace, law
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has sent a letter to heads of state across Latin America and the Caribbean, denouncing an escalation of U.S. acts of aggression against Venezuela and warning that the actions pose serious risks to regional stability.
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2025-12-24 14:07
U.S. Republicans fear Venezuela ‘regime change’ could backfire as Trump escalates pressure on Maduro
Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that “regime change” has a history of backfiring on the United States, The Hill reported.
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2025-12-19 18:38
Trump threatens military aggression against Venezuela despite American public opposition
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to rule out a military invasion of Venezuela, asserting his objectives are clear to President Nicolás Maduro.
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2025-12-12 19:14
By staff writer
Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela
TEHRAN – The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington’s long-standing pressure campaign.
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2025-12-10 19:47
By Shahrokh Saei
Trump’s psychological warfare over Venezuela’s skies
TEHRAN – The United States has intensified its pressure on Venezuela by sending two Navy F/A 18 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela. Although the Pentagon described the maneuver as a routine training flight, the timing and proximity to Venezuelan airspace made it appear far from routine.
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2025-12-06 22:35
By M.A. Saki
Trump reverting to 1920s–30s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Venezuela: ex-CIA officer
'Military pressure on Venezuela sends this sense to the world that Trump’s US is imperialist'
TEHRAN – Paul Pillar, a former CIA officer and now a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies, tells the Tehran Times that the Pentagon’s attacks on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean, carried out under the claim that they are trafficking drugs to the United States, reflect President Donald Trump’s return to the “gunboat diplomacy” of the 1920s and 1930s, when U.S. military forces intervened in several Latin American countries.
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2025-12-02 19:14
By staff writer
Venezuelan voices vs. America’s cannons
TEHRAN – Venezuelans took to the streets in Caracas and other cities this week to protest escalating U.S. military pressure. The demonstrations follow the continued presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean and thousands of U.S. troops in the region. The U.S. has also carried out more than 20 strikes on maritime targets in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September, killing over 80 people, actions that Caracas says go beyond anti-drug operations and threaten Venezuelan sovereignty.