Maduro, on national television last night, begged Trump not to send ground troops to avoid a "crazy war," after Trump ...
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he has authorized CIA operations in Venezuela as part of increased pressure against the ...
Another major difference: Even before the American invasion of Panama in late 1989, the U.S. military already had more than 12,000 troops stationed at bases in the Central American country, plus ...
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The Media Is Blowing a Big Story in Venezuela

With the president and his cronies ratcheting up their belligerence, the political press is failing to grasp how close we are ...
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Trump Is Courting Catastrophe in Venezuela

As Donald Trump takes a victory lap — almost deserved — over the tentative cease-fire and peace deal his administration ...
Washington’s 1989 invasion of Panama is often invoked as a model for dealing with Nicolás Maduro today. But the analogy goes only so far. In Panama, U.S. forces were already stationed in the Canal ...
The U.S. military buildup includes F-35B jets, reaper drones and 10,000 troops—too few to invade Venezuela but enough to ...
The announcement comes amid fears of a US attack in Venezuela, roughly 500 nautical miles east of Panama. The exercise will ...
One of the Apache’s most enduring contributions to America’s invasion of Panama was its ability to operate effectively in urban environments. Most Americans do not remember that, less than 40 years ...