Venezuela

Today’s Big Question Trump claims control over crude reserves, but challenges loom

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 9 January 26

Speed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 8 January 26

The Explainer Donald Trump has taken a 19th century US foreign policy and turbocharged it

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 8 January 26

Speed Read This comes less than a week after Trump captured the country’s president

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 7 January 26

In the Spotlight Shock capture by US special forces comes after Maduro’s 12-year rule proved that ‘underestimating him was a mistake’

By The Week UK Published 7 January 26

In the Spotlight Rodríguez has held positions of power throughout the country

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 6 January 26

Speed Read Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy

By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published 6 January 26

Today’s Big Question ‘Mildness’ of EU pushback against Trump provocation ‘illustrates the bind Europe finds itself in’

By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published 6 January 26

IN THE SPOTLIGHT The American abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has thrust South America’s biggest oil-producing state into uncharted geopolitical waters

By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published 5 January 26

Today’s Big Question Beijing offers itself as an alternative to US dominance

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 5 January 26

Speed Read The American president claims the US will ‘run’ Venezuela for an unspecified amount of time, contradicting a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 5 January 26

Cartoons Monday’s political cartoons include drug lords, AI consuming the news, and more

By The Week US Published 5 January 26