US-Venezuela Conflict (2025- )

• Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland - In a CNN interview, the top Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States’ controlling weaker states by flexing its military might.
• Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression - While both countries were allied with Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. attack could give them justification to use force in other spheres, analysts said.
• Maduro Says He Is a Prisoner of War, Not a Defendant. The Words Matter. - His simple statement in federal court was aimed directly at contradictions in the Trump administration’s actions in the Caribbean.
• Maduro, Appearing in U.S. Court for Arraignment, Says He Was ‘Kidnapped’ and Pleads Not Guilty - “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty. I am a decent man,” the captured Venezuelan president told a judge in Manhattan federal court. “I am still president of my country.”
• At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela - The deputy French U.N. ambassador said it chipped “away at the very foundation of international order.”
• Maduro to Be Arraigned, and Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leadership - Plus, data centers in space?
• After Venezuela, Trump Offers Hints About What Could Be Next - President Trump’s comments about Greenland, Colombia and Cuba offered a glimpse of how emboldened he feels after the quick capture of Nicolás Maduro.
• Gunboat Diplomacy Is Back. What Could Go Wrong? - The high cost of forgetting what world war is really like.
• Trump Says ‘We Need Greenland’ and Threatens U.S. Action in Colombia and Mexico - On Air Force One, President Trump threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to acquire Greenland.
• Sanctioned Oil Tankers Flee Venezuela in Defiance of U.S. Blockade - The ships are using deceptive tactics as part of a seemingly coordinated attempt to bypass American naval forces in the region.