The attack on Venezuela signals a new phase of US power in Latin America — one defined by coercion, intimidation, and open-ended intervention.
The International Trade Union Confederation and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas express their absolute and unequivocal rejection of the military operation carried out in today by the government of the United States of America.
Trump claimed that his administration will "run Venezuela" with the acquiescence from Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.
Trump will get his ovation at the US Congress, but the price for that has already been paid by hundreds of dead civilians in Venezuela and millions more who are struggling to survive the long-term hybrid war imposed by the United States on Venezuela.
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UE Condemns Military Attacks on Venezuela
US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter. This is the largest military buildup of US firepower in the Caribbean in decades. If regime change succeeds in Venezuela, Cuba may be next
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“This is the Iraq War 2.0 with a South American flavor to it,” warned one Democratic senator.
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