After a lengthy career serving as Maduro's close confidant anc representing the revolution started by the late Hugo Chávez on the world stage, Rodríguez now walks a tightrope navigating pressures from both Washinaton and her hardline colleagues who hold direct swav over the security forces.

She did not address human rights groups' complaints over her government's lack of transparency and instead criticised such groups as having "tried to sell falsehoods about Venezuela."

Venezuela is often reduced to a morality play: a noble project sabotaged from abroad, or a cautionary tale stripped of agency. In both cases, Venezuelans themselves disappear. We are either victims of external forces or footnotes in someone else’s ideological argument.

Jake Johnson
Dec 18, 2025

The progressive running to unseat Republican US Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is speaking out forcefully against President Donald Trump’s march to war with Venezuela, warning of alarming parallels with the invasion of Iraq over two decades ago.

In a video posted to social media on Wednesday night, Graham Platner—a Marine Corps and US Army veteran who served multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan—said it is “terrifying” to witness the US government “yet again trying to lead us into an illegal war that is going to do absolutely nothing for the average American.”

Venezuelans are ready to throw off the dictatorship. Will the international community support us?

By Maria Corina Machado

Obvio, pero lo tiene que decir un economista: los aumentos de salario no crean inflación (de 12:30 a 13:30).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13534128