I should make it clear that I think the Maduro regime is highly problematic. But as in the case of the Iraqi regime back in 2003, it is essential to oppose the USA and its imperialist provocations and plans.
I wrote an analysis of what went wrong in Venezuela, from a green left perspective, some […]

It's consistent with what the USA is calling "the Trump corollary to the Monroe doctrine". i.e. ensuring that governments of other American countries are aligned with the empire's ideology and policies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf

"...we have been warning for some decades now that the expansion of a nuclear-armed alliance – NATO – to the borders of a nuclear-armed state – Russia – could spill over into something like the war in Ukraine and that the potential consequences could be terrible."

It's consistent with what the USA is calling "the Trump corollary to the Monroe doctrine". i.e. ensuring that governments of other American countries are aligned with the empire's ideology and policies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf

And you can see where this is going.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/11/hell-be-next-donald-trump-threatens-colombian-president-gustavo-petro?traffic_source=rss

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I've never wanted to visit the USA.
Been through Miami twice on the way to other American countries.
Stayed overnight in LA once on the way home.
Didn't like either at all.