Venezuela – and imperialist aggression
In the early morning of January 3rd 2026 US armed forces made a vicious and unprovided attack upon Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. In the process the US Special Forces were able to capture the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. There seems to have been little or no real opposition as the US invaders and kidnappers were able to do their task within minutes and able to leave without sustaining any casualties. In fact, it is difficult to determine whether a shot was fired against either the US land or air forces.
The ease with which the US imperialist were able to carry out their aims, successfully, asks many questions. Why were they able to be so ‘successful’ in their aims? Was the CIA able to infiltrate and/or buy the Venezuelan government and upper military officials? Why was Maduro not, seemingly, prepared for such an action after the threats from the US had been getting more manic by the day? What will be the response of the ‘new’ Venezuelan government? But, more importantly, what will be the response of the Venezuelan people?
Only a couple of days after the even it is difficult (or more likely impossible) to answer any of those questions. Facts, real facts, will be slow in becoming common knowledge. Lies, obfuscation and sheer fantasy will muddy the waters. The only true indicator will be what happens on the ground.
In the lead up to the attack some commentators were predicting that any such incursion on Venezuelan territory by the US armed forces would be the start of a ‘second Vietnam’ for the US. Were those assumptions based upon reality or merely wishful thinking? Even if there is a revolt of the people against the attempt of the US to ‘run the country’ – and steal its resources for the benefit of international capitalism – who or what will constitute the leadership. Even a guerrilla struggle needs a competent, trustworthy and effective leadership. Otherwise any opposition will be isolated, fragmented and end up being destroyed piecemeal.
The aim of this page is to try to record the story as it develops in the coming days and weeks. It might be that the bully will win, that the people of Venezuela will just take what is offered to them by the mad (probably clinically but also metaphorically) occupant of the White House and his equally deranged lieutenants. It might be that the people will chose dignity and attempt to determine their own fate or take back (if it has already been lost) their own country.
The aim will be to maintain this page until some sort of ‘outcome’ is achieved. If it becomes a protracted war then we will be in for the long haul.
03 January 2026
Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. attacks Venezuela and kidnaps President Maduro.
03 January 2026
JD Vance offers laughable excuse for Venezuela attack.
03 January 2026
No war with Venezuela! Release President Maduro!
03 January 2026
The US is a rogue state and must be treated as one.
03 January 2026
Oil, arms and longstanding ties: What connects Russia and Venezuela. [But what will Russia do to assist Venezuela now?]
03 January 2026
Trump’s Venezuela puppet Machado will be Israel’s too – by her own words.
03 January 2026
US attack on Venezuela proves post-WWII ‘world order’ crumbling – Fico.
03 January 2026
Inside traders may have profited from Venezuela invasion.
03 January 2026
PCMLE: We reject the terrorist aggression of U.S. imperialism against Venezuela!
03 January 2026
Polanski slams Starmer’s non-response to US attack on Venezuela.
03 January 2026
‘We are going to run the country’: Trump boasts of regime change in Venezuela.
03 January 2026
The MSM is actively ignoring the real reason Trump just illegally attacked Venezuela.
03 January 2026
Scott Ritter : Trump, Venezuela, and a dangerous precedent.
03 January 2026
Trump invades Venezuela, kidnaps Maduro, and hurls the Western hemisphere into chaos.
04 January 2026
They kidnapped Maduro because the world is ruled by unaccountable tyrants.
04 January 2026
Pathetic Starmer trembles when asked to condemn Trump’s invasion of Venezuela.
04 January 2026
The Capture of Nicolaus Maduro and the current strategy of USA imperialism.
04 January 2026
Venezuela misinformation spreads like wildfire online.
04 January 29026
‘This show was for everyone – not just Latin America’: Russian experts assess Trump’s Venezuela gambit
04 January 2026
NYT, Washington Post reportedly knew Venezuela invasion was imminent but killed the story.
04 January 2026
Back to old ways: Maduro’s capture follows a long list of US interventions in Latin America.
04 January 2026
Trump is already eyeing up more countries to invade.
04 January 2026
Colombia’s Petro calls out Trump ‘clan of paedophiles’ over Venezuela.
04 January 2026
Top 5 mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela.
05 January 2026
Trump kidnaps Venezuela’s president to steal the country’s oil.
05 January 2026
80 people killed in US raid on Venezuela – NYT.
05 January 2026
Yes Trump attacking Venezuela is about the oil – but the oil is about the dollar.
05 January 2026
America the Rogue State. Chris Hedges.
05 January 2026
After Venezuela, Trump’s sights are set on Greenland.
05 January 2026
Alastair Crooke: the US has played the same card in Venezuela as it did in Syria; Netanyahu lures Trump into war with Iran.
05 January 2026
UK ‘first-in-line’ for multi-billion dollar Venezuela oil deal but will the eco-mob agree? -The ‘hyenas’ – with apologies to real hyenas – are beginning to gather.]
05 January 2026
Ray McGovern: When ‘foreign policy’ crosses into kidnapping.
05 January 2026
Larry Johnson: No legal justification of what occurred in Venezuela; international law is now the law of the jungle.
05 January 2026
The BBC has been caught telling its staff not to say Maduro was ‘kidnapped’.
05 January 2026
Anya Parampil: the legitimacy of the President elect of Venezuela and the prospects for the country in the immediate aftermath of the kidnapping of Maduro.
05 January 2026
MPs tell the Canary Labour’s stance on Trump’s Venezuela attack is ‘pathetic and reckless’.
05 January 2026
Heroes, dictators, and the long fight for sovereignty in Latin America before Maduro. [Not sure why Pinochet has been missed off the ‘traitors’ list.]
05 January 2026
Journalist explains why Venezuela war propaganda is so effective.
05 January 2026
‘We will never again be a colony’: Venezuela defies Trump as global protests erupt over US intervention.
05 January 2026
Yesterday’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ are today’s ‘narco-terrorists’.
05 January 2026
Let’s be clear. The UK was militarily involved in Trump’s Venezuela raid.
05 January 2026
Nurses [USA] condemn Trump’s unilateral military action against Venezuela.
05 January 2026
‘What an authoritarian oligarchy looks like’: Trump says oil execs tipped off about Venezuela attack.
05 January 2026
Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela foreshadows a new ‘great power’ carve-up of the world. [It’s been a blessing that our favourite ‘academic’ has remained quiet recently over the Ukrain. Even he has realised that the war has already been won – by Russia. However, he still seeks to promote pro-NATO (his paymaster) propaganda. Even though he recognises that the US has already threaten other countries he seeks to turn the narrative against Russia and China. Although neither country has been anywhere as belligerent as the US he considers their future actions as the biggest danger to world peace. He is also (unforgivable for an ‘academic’ in international affairs) ignorant that Taiwan is part of China – and has recognised internationally since 1970.
05 January 2026
‘Hands off Venezuela!’: Baltimoreans protest Trump invasion.
06 January 2026
Behind the DOJ’s politicized indictment of Maduro: a CIA-created ‘network’ and coerced star witness.
06 January 2026
The US empire needs men like Trump.
06 January 2026
Complete disregard for international law. MOATS with George Galloway. The Chris Hedges Report.