Ships in the Caribbean: The Pentagon Remains Silent on Its Plans
The recent US military deployment in the Caribbean has set off alarm bells and raised questions that remain unanswered. This is no ordinary operation.
August 2025
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Court of Appeals Blocks Elimination of TPS for 600,000 Venezuelans
The decision keeps the benefit in place for a vulnerable community amid a context marked by renewed tensions between the…
Guyana Elections: Candidates, “Big Oil” Interests, Military Alliances, and the Essequibo Conflict
Guyana is heading towards the general elections on September 1, 2025, in a climate of high internal and regional tension.
Colombian Constitutional Court Admits Demand against Binational Zone with Venezuela
Palace of Justice in Colombia, located in the north of Bogotá, where the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Justice,…
Ecuador Terminates Migration Agreement with Venezuela
Ecuador’s National Assembly approved the country’s withdrawal from the Migration Agreement with Venezuela on August 27. This mechanism, in place since 2019, had allowed the special regularization of thousands of Venezuelan citizens. The resolution, which received 86 affirmative votes, was questioned by the Revolución Ciudadana bloc, which chose to abstain, considering the measure counterproductive.
Jimmy Story: “Sanctions Were Designed to Hurt the Economy and Force Maduro to Negotiate”
James B. Story was the United States ambassador to Venezuela from July 2018 to May 2023.
WSJ: ExxonMobil Negotiated in Secret with Rosneft to Return to Russia Amid Peace Talks
Exxon Mobil held secret meetings this year with Rosneft, Russia’s largest energy company, to evaluate a potential return to the massive Sakhalin oil and gas project in the Russian Far East. According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, the plan would depend on a potential peace agreement in Ukraine and the easing of sanctions against Moscow.
United States Expands Deployment in Caribbean with USS Lake Erie and USS Newport News Nearing Venezuela
A new U.S. order has sent the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport News to the southern Caribbean Sea.
Michael Paarlberg, former Sanders advisor: “to convince someone to give up power, you have to offer them something more attractive than a prison cell”
Michael Paarlberg is a Political Science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2020 he served as the Latin America advisor to Bernie Sanders.
Peace Zone No. 1 Activated in Zulia and Táchira With Deployment of 15,000 Military and Police Personnel
Diosdado Cabello stated that Peace Zone No. 2 and Peace Zone No. 3 will soon be activated to cover the…