Archives US aggression - Page 9 of 18 - New Eastern Outlook

A swift US-led operation abducted Nicolás Maduro without meaningful resistance, exposing the extent of prior strategic penetration and institutional paralysis within Venezuela. Far from improvisation, the event signals a deliberate reassertion of US hemispheric dominance with far-reaching geopolitical consequences.

With US warplanes striking Caracas and President Nicolás Maduro captured and taken for prosecution, Washington has crossed a new geopolitical Rubicon in hemispheric politics.

Trump is unabashedly trying to enforce colonial-era control in the 21st century: he is leading colonial powers to enforce their belief that mineral rights obtained through colonial and quasi-colonial means in the 20th century remain enforceable today.