After months of Washington calling for military intervention in Venezuela – with the help of much of the US mainstream media – last week the US military kidnapped the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and took him to prison in New York City. Now, the Trump administration is moving away from its goal of toppling the “narco-state” to the U.S. by taking control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
Contributors:
Alejandro Velasco – Associate Professor, NYU
Alexander Main – Director of International Policy, CEPR
JM Monteblack – Venezuelan-American journalist
Luis Valdez Jimenez – lawyer and Venezuelan-American activist
On our radar
Once again, Iran is in the grip of nationwide protests, fueled in large part by the country’s struggling economy. What makes this moment volatile is the geopolitical context: Israel and the US both bombed Iran last year, and now officials in Tehran are accusing them of fomenting the unrest. On the ground, the response by Iran’s security forces has been violent but details are difficult to verify. Meenakshi Ravi says.
Interview with Jose Luis Granados Ceja
A conversation with Drop Sight News’ Latin American contributor Jose Luis Granados Ceja about how to decipher the news coming out of Venezuela.
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José Luis Granados Ceja – Latin America Contributor, Drop Site News
Published on January 10, 2026