Venezuelanalysis

🎙🔊 Episode 43 of the VA Podcast is live! The Venezuelanalysis Podcast is back. In our new season premiere, we tackle the fallout of the January 3rd military escalation against Caracas, an event that marks a volatile new chapter in the long history of US intervention in the region. Join Venezuelanalysis Lead Editor Ricardo Vaz, Associate Editor Lucas Koerner, and VA Founder Greg Wilpert as they break down the geopolitical shift from "maximum pressure" to direct confrontation. This episode goes beyond the headlines to analyze the underlying causes and the global consequences of Washington’s renewed focus on "its" hemisphere. Watch the full episode here 👉https://youtu.be/NKuCNIxn2MA #Venezuela#USImperialism#usvenezuelarelations#USmilitaryattack#VAPodcast

🖊ANALYSIS | The Terms of Struggle in Venezuela: Imperialism vs Sovereignty In its first Red Paper, the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective (AISC) provides a critical analysis of the current US attack on Venezuela, demonstrating that it must be understood as an existential conflict between US imperialism and the sovereignty of the peoples of the Americas. Follow the link to read the text: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-terms-of-struggle-in-venezuela-imperialism-vs-sovereignty/ #USImperialism#Sovereignty#Venezuela#CriticalThinking

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Solidarity with Venezuela in the Belly of the Beast: A Conversation with Elizabeth Blaney Organized opposition to US aggression against Venezuela is growing inside the United States, particularly among working-class and immigrant communities. In the latest VA interview, Los Angeles tenant organizer Elizabeth Blaney explains that communities facing ICE raids, Medicaid cuts, and housing insecurity see a direct connection between repression at home and war abroad. Blaney also discusses the recent People’s Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty in Caracas, attended by 600–800 delegates despite major travel obstacles. Participants linked sanctions and military escalation against Venezuela to global consequences, including rising housing costs, energy insecurity, and the diversion of public resources away from social needs. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/ZySYh #InternationalSolidarity#USImperialism

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Puerto Rico, US Imperialism and Venezuela’s Defiant Sovereignty: A Conversation with Déborah Berman Santana From within a US colony, Puerto Rican geographer and activist Déborah Berman Santana argues in the latest VA interview that Washington’s “new” strategy closely resembles the old one. The United States’ latest National Security Strategy refocuses on the Western Hemisphere, reaffirming claims to dominance over Latin America and the Caribbean. In Berman Santana’s assessment, the document openly restates a historic objective: hemispheric control, with Venezuela at the center due to its insistence on sovereignty and control over its resources. She explains that Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated US territory enables this strategy in practice. With six US military bases on the island and a recent increase in air and naval activity, including the takeover of former civilian facilities, the United States can deploy forces across the Caribbean without consultation, using military pressure to influence Venezuela and signal limits on regional sovereignty. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/NkaUd #Caribbean#DonaldTrump#USImperialism

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | ‘Venezuela, the Threat of a Good Example’: A Conversation with Geraldina Colotti In a world turned upside down, Italian activist Geraldina Colotti argues that no good deed and no sovereign project goes unpunished. She links the latest US escalation against Venezuela to what she describes as a broader imperial strategy amid a global capitalist crisis, citing sanctions, psychological operations, and an expanded US military footprint across Latin America and the Caribbean. For Colotti, Venezuela remains a target because it disrupts this dynamic. Before the blockade, the country had nearly achieved the UN Millennium Goals, a record she says turned Venezuela into “the threat of a good example” that Washington moved to contain. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/4H7sB #MediaCoverage#USImperialism

🖊🗞OPINION | The Revolution Will Not Be Terrorized Andreína Chávez traces a chilling line from the Zong Massacre to the US military terror now unfolding in Caribbean waters. UN officials have classified recent US bombings in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific waters as “extrajudicial killings,” with more than 80 people killed since September. Victims were from Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Washington’s accusations tying Venezuela to major drug trafficking contradict UNODC and DEA findings, which confirm the country does not produce drugs and plays an insignificant role as a transit route. Read the full VA opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/6Gxhm #Slavery#USImperialism#USMilitaryThreats#Venezuelanhistory

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Geopolitics, Resistance and the Battle for Venezuela: A Conversation with Atilio Borón In VA’s latest interview, Atilio Borón offers a detailed reading of the current escalation in the Caribbean. He states that Washington is deploying its largest military presence in the region since 1962 as it tries to counter China’s expanding economic footprint and assemble a new right-wing bloc aligned with US interests. Borón says Venezuela remains a strategic priority for Washington because it holds “the largest proven oil reserves in the world… just four to five days from US refineries,” a factor he argues helps explain the renewed military pressure, particularly as the US pursues new methods after failing to isolate the country politically and economically. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/geopolitics-resistance-and-the-battle-for-venezuela-a-conversation-with-atilio-boron/ #Caribbean#China#LatinAmerica#USImperialism

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Grenada, Venezuela and the Logic of Empire: A Conversation with Chester Humphrey In the latest VA interview, veteran Grenadian revolutionary Chester Humphrey draws stark parallels between the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada and today’s military buildup against Venezuela. He warns that the narrative of “narco-terrorism” echoes the fabricated pretexts of the past, and reveals that Washington is pressuring Grenada to host radar infrastructure tied to potential military action. Humphrey also calls for unity among revolutionary movements and emphasizes deepening people-to-people solidarity throughout the Caribbean. Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/z1TuF #Caribbean#InternationalSolidarity#USImperialism

🖊🗞OPINION | Venezuela: On Maximum Alert… But Without Alarmism In the latest VA column, Clodovaldo Hernández examines how Venezuela has strengthened its civic–military readiness amid ongoing US threats, while daily life across the country remains largely unaffected. He also analyzes the muted domestic response to María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize, which exposed her alignment with US and Zionist interests rather than a genuine call for peace or unity. Read the full column here 👉https://venezuelanalysis.com/columns/venezuela-on-maximum-alert-but-without-alarmism/ #BolivarianMilitia#NicolasMaduro#UnusualandExtraordinary#USImperialism

📝 INTERVIEW | A Geopolitical Analysis of the Imperialist Buildup Against Venezuela: A Conversation with Ana Esther Ceceña US escalation in the Caribbean is not an isolated move. According to Mexican economist and geopolitical analyst Ana Esther Ceceña, Washington aims to tighten control over Latin America’s natural resources and curb China and Russia’s expanding role in the region. Ceceña also underscores Venezuela’s distinctive strength: a politically conscious people united in defending national sovereignty. Read the full interview here 👉https://shorturl.at/MT4YG #Oil#Sovereignty#USImperialism#USMilitaryThreats

🎥 VIDEO |“They [the US] are looking for oil. It’s not drug trafficking. It’s the oil,” President Nicolás Maduro told Rafael Correa during an interview on Tuesday. Maduro recalled that Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, estimated at 303 billion barrels, as well as the fourth-largest gas reserves, and potentially the world's largest gold reserves. He stated that these vast resources were the primary reason for the Trump administration’s ramped-up threats of regime change against Venezuela. #Venezuela#US#drugtrafficking#USImperialism

📑🖊 OPINION | All Elements in Place for a US Strike on Venezuela On September 2, the US military destroyed a vessel in the Caribbean without attempting to stop or search it, killing 11 people. Washington claimed the boat came from Venezuela and was carrying drugs. The latest opinion piece by Emersberger and Harris points to escalating US actions: troop deployments in the Caribbean, a $50M bounty on Maduro, expanded sanctions, and a sustained military presence. These steps, they argue, set the stage for a possible strike targeting Venezuela’s leadership. 🔗 Read the full piece here: https://shorturl.at/c6udQ #DonaldTrump#USImperialism#USMilitaryThreats