Venezuela

We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law,” unpacks how recent U.S. aggression from Venezuela to Gaza signals a dangerous unraveling of the post-World War II legal order. We’ll...

The U.S. military raid on Venezuela on January 3 shocked the world. On Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s former foreign minister, to explain what actually happened and to respond directly to U.S. media narratives about “betrayal,” regime change, and control.

Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas, cutting through U.S. media disinformation to explain the mass mobilizations defending Venezuela’s sovereignty after Washington’s attack. As she makes clear, “This attack by American imperialism did not defeat the Venezuelan government. It did not defeat the Bolivarian project. The government remains in...

Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro are not isolated acts, but part of...

Rania Khalek is joined by Zoe Alexandra of People’s Dispatch and special guests for a live episode of Dispatches examining the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela. The US has invaded and bombed Venezuela, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and is openly threatening to expand its campaign against...

Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, discusses the real motive behind the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro, explaining the attacks are about controlling Venezuela’s oil and undermining the Bolivarian Revolution. Prashad breaks down the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine...

Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas after U.S. strikes and the kidnapping of President Maduro, describing how communities are coming together, listening to authorities, and preparing to “resist in the streets” while showing solidarity. She calls the attack “an illegal U.S. bombing against a civilian population” and a...

President Trump has escalated his aggression against Venezuela to a “complete and total blockade.” Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra discuss Trump’s recent admission that his war on Venezuela is about controlling the country’s oil reserves, along with giving crucial context on the Bolivarian Revolution, the real reason behind two decades...

Dozens have been killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts. The Trump administration claims it’s targeting drug traffickers — but there’s no evidence. And now they’re threatening airstrikes inside Venezuela. U.S. warships now encircle Venezuela, joined by 10,000 troops and the Navy’s largest aircraft carrier....

On Friday, 10 October 2025, Venezuela’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, delivered a serious and urgent warning during an emergency session of the Security Council, asserting that Venezuela’s peace and security – and that of the entire region– is under imminent threat of military aggression by the...