Mysterious Treasure And Jewelry Is Washing Up On A Small Beach In Venezuela

Mysterious Treasure And Jewelry Is Washing Up On A Small Beach In Venezuela

Jewelry and other precious artifacts have been washing ashore on a small beach in Venezuela, bringing hope and joy to impoverished residents of its nearby town. According to The New York Times, the discovery was first made this past September by fisherman Yolman Lares. The 25-year-old said he saw something glisten in the sand while […]

Donald Trump Says He Is Open To Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

Donald Trump Says He Is Open To Meeting With Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

In an interview with Axios published on Sunday, President Donald Trump said that he is open to meeting with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. “I would maybe think about that… Maduro would like to meet. And I’m never opposed to meetings — you know, rarely opposed to meeting,” Trump said. “I always say, you lose very little […]

U.S. Charges Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro With International Drug Trafficking

U.S. Charges Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro With International Drug Trafficking

On Thursday, March 26, the U.S. released indictments of drug crimes against the former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, as well as 14 other current and former Venezuelan senior officials on the Department of Justice website. In addition to international drug trafficking, other charges include corruption, narco-terrorism, and carrying machine guns and other destructive […]

Donald Trump Says He Learned No Lessons From Impeachment, Dismissing Claim By Republican Susan Collins

Donald Trump Says He Learned No Lessons From Impeachment, Dismissing Claim By Republican Susan Collins

On Tuesday morning, Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had been widely considered a possible “swing” vote in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, announced that she would cast her vote on Wednesday in favor of an acquittal. In an interview with CBS News, Collins said that she believed that Trump had learned a “pretty big […]

After Impeachment Vote, Donald Trump Snubs Meet With Recognized Venezuela President, Raising New Scandal Fears

After Impeachment Vote, Donald Trump Snubs Meet With Recognized Venezuela President, Raising New Scandal Fears

The Trump administration has officially recognized Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of that country, since the results of the 2018 election that kept socialist strongman Nicolás Maduro in power have been widely called into question. On Saturday, Trump refused to meet with Guaidó in Miami, despite that fact that the man […]

Venezuela’s Diplomat Ignores Donald Trump During His U.N. Speech Attacking The Country, Reads A Book Instead

Venezuela’s Diplomat Ignores Donald Trump During His U.N. Speech Attacking The Country, Reads A Book Instead

Donald Trump showed up at the U.N. on Tuesday to address a range of topics, but when he turned to attack Venezuela, the country’s delegate appeared to be tuning the American president out. According to Newsweek, as Trump railed about the country, with which the U.S. has cut ties, the diplomat from Venezuela sat calmly […]

Donald Trump Said John Bolton Was Holding Him Back On Venezuela & Cuba, Says His Views Are ‘Far Stronger’

Donald Trump Said John Bolton Was Holding Him Back On Venezuela & Cuba, Says His Views Are ‘Far Stronger’

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon to once again lash out at former National Security Advisor John Bolton, just days after the president announced in a tweet that he had fired him. The tweet, which was sent Thursday just before 1:30 p.m., was a followup to a tweet from Florida Senator Marco […]

Watch Venezuela Vs. Argentina Copa America Live Stream: Lionel Messi Gets New Life In Quarterfinal, Start Time

Watch Venezuela Vs. Argentina Copa America Live Stream: Lionel Messi Gets New Life In Quarterfinal, Start Time

Argentina stumbled in the 2019 Copa America group stage, needing a somewhat shaky 2-0 victory over tournament invitee Qatar to get themselves to a second-place finish and a place in the quarterfinals. Now, the team gives Lionel Messi a second chance to win his first international trophy with his national team, as the 14-time Copa […]

Watch Venezuela Vs. Peru Copa America Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, South America Championship Is Underway

Watch Venezuela Vs. Peru Copa America Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, South America Championship Is Underway

After host nation Brazil officially opened the 2019 Copa America by cruising past Bolivia 3-0 — despite a “lackluster” showing that drew jeers from their own fans, according to the BBC — the tournament is kicking into high gear with another Group A match. Two teams that qualified for the quarterfinals in the special 2016 […]

Lindsey Graham Wants U.S. To Invade Venezuela To Scare Iran And North Korea

Lindsey Graham Wants U.S. To Invade Venezuela To Scare Iran And North Korea

In an interview with Fox News broadcast Thursday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged President Trump to invade Venezuela, ThinkProgress reports. Graham argued that the United States should use its military forces to intervene in the Latin American country in order to “put points on the board,” and scare countries such as Iran and North Korea. […]

Trump Backers Fear Venezuela And Iran Escalations Would Alienate Supporters, Report Claims

Trump Backers Fear Venezuela And Iran Escalations Would Alienate Supporters, Report Claims

In 2016, now-President Donald Trump famously campaigned as a non-interventionist. Posing a challenge to hawkish foreign policy adopted by the Republican Party, and to Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State, Trump ascended to the White House. But he has since surrounded himself with individuals such as John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, many of whom […]

John Bolton Snaps When Pressed About Trump Cracking Down On Russia

John Bolton Snaps When Pressed About Trump Cracking Down On Russia

National Security Adviser John Bolton just had an interview with CNN’s John Berman, and he wasn’t too happy about it. When pressed about the steps President Donald Trump is taking to prevent Russian influence amid talks about the uprising in Venezuela, he lost his cool. Bolton recently told Fox News that Secretary of State Mike […]

Venezuela May Become The 9th Nation To Undergo A Successful Coup Since 2010

Venezuela May Become The 9th Nation To Undergo A Successful Coup Since 2010

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared the ongoing protests against President Nicolás Maduro as the “final phase of Operation Freedom,” as CNN reports, flanked by armored vehicles and men in military fatigues. That he chose military symbolism is not insignificant — Guaido has declared his intentions to take over the country by military force […]

Christian Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson Calls For ‘Hellfire Missile’ Strike On Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

Christian Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson Calls For ‘Hellfire Missile’ Strike On Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

As Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric condemning Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, as well as calming economic sanctions on the country and recognizing Maduro’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s president, as NBC News reported, a top right-wing American Christian evangelical leader called on the United States to assassinate Maduro with a drone strike. […]

Senators Sign Bill To Send $400 Million In Aid To Venezuela

Senators Sign Bill To Send $400 Million In Aid To Venezuela

Venezuela is a country in crisis. With the authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro still clinging to his power in the South American nation, and the opposition leader Juan Guaidó vying for what many believe to be his rightful role as president, the people of Venezuela, along with the army, have risen up. Thousands have taken […]

Some 2016 Trump-Supporting Russian Troll Accounts Were Based In Venezuela, Also Spread Malware, Report Reveals

Some 2016 Trump-Supporting Russian Troll Accounts Were Based In Venezuela, Also Spread Malware, Report Reveals

In one of the stranger developments in the ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to tip the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, a McClatchy News report published on Tuesday showed that some internet “troll” domains set up to appear as if they were created by Trump supporters were actually based in Venezuela. The […]

Oliver Stone Suggests U.S. May Have Triggered Power Cuts In Venezuela

Oliver Stone Suggests U.S. May Have Triggered Power Cuts In Venezuela

Controversial director Oliver Stone suggested Tuesday night that the United States could have been in involved in recent power cuts in strife-torn Venezuela, according to a report in The Independent. The 72-year-old director of Snowden suggested in a Facebook post that the U.S. has long had the ability to manufacture breakdowns and malfunctions in the […]

Senator Marco Rubio Confuses Journalist Germán Dam For An Actual Dam, Hilarity Ensues On Twitter

Senator Marco Rubio Confuses Journalist Germán Dam For An Actual Dam, Hilarity Ensues On Twitter

As the socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela continues to rage on, many U.S. politicians have weighed in on the matter, with some continuing to criticize President Nicolás Maduro for his mismanagement of the country as a whole. Aside from massive shortages in food and basic medical supplies, Venezuelan citizens have had to contend with […]

Senator Marco Rubio Left Embarrassed After Blaming Venezuelan Power Outage On Journalist Who Broke The News

Senator Marco Rubio Left Embarrassed After Blaming Venezuelan Power Outage On Journalist Who Broke The News

Senator Marco Rubio has been a staunch critic of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but his willingness to criticize the regime has meant that sometimes he doesn’t cross-check his facts. On Saturday, the Florida senator was left in an embarrassing position after he blamed a power outage in Venezuela on the journalist who broke the news. […]

House Progressives Stand Up To Centrist Democrats And Trump, Warn Against Venezuela Intervention

House Progressives Stand Up To Centrist Democrats And Trump, Warn Against Venezuela Intervention

In a letter sent Thursday, more than a dozen House progressives warned against U.S. intervention in Venezuela, HuffPost reports. Representatives Ro Khanna of California, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, as well as others, expressed “deep concern” with the Trump administration’s “handling of relations” with Venezuela. “Broad […]

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