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If anything characterizes Donald Trump’s foreign policy, it is unpredictability. He who is his best friend today can become his worst enemy tomorrow, and vice versa. But simply ask Volodimir Zelensky, Vladimir Putin or Narendra Modi. And although, until now, Nicolás Maduro was always on his black list, in his first months of administration, the US president seemed to send him some signs of détente: he authorized Chevron to resume operations in V…
The Trump administration is aggressively fueling tensions with Venezuela and its president, Nicolás Maduro, and seems to be creating conditions that could lead to a military confrontation. There is a significant build-up of U.S. naval forces outside the waters of Venezuela, as the government has intensified belligerent rhetoric about the fight against drug cartels and has branded Maduro as a leader of a terrorist cartel. All this raises the ques…
US deploys warships to Venezuelan coast, raising fears of another 'regime change' War
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 21, 2025. It is shared here with permission. The White House’s announcement Wednesday that it had deployed three warships to the coast of Venezuela has raised fears among antiwar and human rights advocates of the US becoming embroiled in another potential “regime change” quagmire. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of being one of the w…
The US is sending missile destroyers to patrol off the coast of Venezuela. Venezuelan President Maduro is responding to the mobilization of millions of reservists. But what do relations with China have to do with it? Since the victory of Hugo Chavez in 1999, diplomatic relations between the US and Venezuela have been tense. In 2019, the situation worsened once again when Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with the US. The reason for this was t…
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