Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela: The Limits of Gunboat Diplomacy

January 24, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Colonialism, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 14, 2026 January 11. It’s now eight days since U.S. gangsters kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Revolutionary Combatant and former President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Cilia Flores. It’s a month after the Dec. 6 White House release of its National Security Strategy document, with its so-called Trump Corollary to[…]

The United States’ War Against Venezuela began in 2001

January 8, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy, Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance

by Vijay Prashad, published on Socialist Action, December 31, 1025 The United States had no problem with Venezuela itself, nor with the country or its former oligarchy. The problem the U.S. government and its business class have is with the process initiated by President Hugo Chávez’s first administration. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law,[…]

A Unified Venezuela Strongly Condemns US Threat of Blockade, Gains International Backing

January 2, 2026 UNAC Editor Monroe Doctrine, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

Published on Socialist Action, December 18, 2025 Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com) In an escalation of the US empire’s ongoing illegal sanctions on Venezuela, US President Donald Trump has announced a “full blockade” of the sovereign nation and its oil tanker fleet. He claimed the measure would remain in place until Venezuela “returns all the oil, land, and other assets” he alleged were[…]

The Double Tap on Venezuela

December 4, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Caribbean, Economic Blockade, Monroe Doctrine, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, Venezuela

U.S. sanctions, violence, threats, and theft are war crimes waged against Venezuela for decades. A scandal about a “double tap” killing should not be the focus of attention. The first United States SEAL Team 6 air strike on a boat allegedly engaged in Venezuelan drug trafficking took place on September 2, 2025. All 11 people on board were killed. The[…]

Hands Off Venezuela!

December 2, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Monroe Doctrine, Venezuela

By Lyn Neeley, Martha Grevatt, WW Buffalo Bureau, Will Hodgkinson, Phebe Eckfeldt, Brenda Ryan, Dianne Mathiowetz and a guest author published on Workers World, November 25, 2025 In eleven countries and at more than 60 locations, opponents of the threatened U.S. attack on the Bolivarian government held more than 100 actions from Nov. 15-23 demanding no war on Venezuela, the[…]

Crime and Criminality in International Relations

November 7, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Colombia, International Institutions, International Law, Monroe Doctrine, Nazis, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Stephen Sefton, published on Global Research, October 228, 2025 One way or another, criminal behavior and the abuse of the issue of criminality have been permanent and integral elements of the foreign policies of the Western ruling elites for centuries. On the one hand, their governments have committed terrible crimes against the peoples of the majority world, and on[…]

The Oldest Colony, the Newest War: Puerto Rico as a Launchpad for War on Venezuela

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Caribbean, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Puerto Rico, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Michelle Ellner, published on Countercurrents, October 23, 2025 When President Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as U.S drones struck another small boat off Venezuela’s coast, few people in the United States realized that much of this militarization begins on the soil of a land denied its own sovereignty: Puerto Rico.[…]

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, United Nations

Editorial from Workers World, October 23, 2025 Since 1992 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted annually on the criminal U.S. blockade of socialist Cuba, which began in 1962. Each year the vote has been overwhelming for ending this blockade as a weapon wielded by U.S. imperialism. It prevents businesses in the U.S. and other countries from trading vital[…]

Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Monroe Doctrine, Paths to Emancipation, Propaganda, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Gloria Giullo, published on CovertAction, October 27, 20225 n October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan vessels that have killed more than 27 people—all framed as a fight against drugs and migration. This is no noble mission: It[…]

Black Alliance for Peace Denounces the Renewal of the U.S.-Kenya Mission to Haiti

October 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Haiti, Monroe Doctrine, US Foreign Bases, US Intervention

Statement by the Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, October 14, 2024 The Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti Needs to End OCTOBER 14, 2024— The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace strongly denounces the UN Security Council’s vote to extend the U.S. funded, Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. We assert that any U.S./UN-led armed intervention[…]