List of Venezuela articles
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Steve Witkoff attends the Republican National Convention in 2024. Our Best Profiles of 2025
The figures who shaped the way we thought about the world this year.
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A photo illustration of Donald Trump with flags of many countries as pins on his lapel. The Winners and Losers of Trump’s New Foreign Policy
Here are the countries that have benefited the most—and least—from the U.S. president’s decision-making.
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An illustration with Donald Trump listening as Marco Rubio leans in with a hand cupped to whisper in Trump's ear. Around the circular images are headshots of four men and one woman. The Key Foreign-Policy Players of Trump 2.0
As the second Trump administration approaches the one-year mark, here’s who is influencing key policies.
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Donald Trump stands at a podium in front of Christmas decorations and flags. Trump’s Doctrine Is ‘Make America Small Again’
A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.
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A member of the Venezuelan armed forces holds an "Igla-S" rocket launcher during a military ceremony in Caracas on Nov. 25. Will Trump Order an Attack on Venezuela?
Former U.S. ambassador: “This was never a counternarcotics mission. This has always been a regime change mission.”
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A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter of the United States Marines is seen parked on a runway at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13. Trump’s Western Hemisphere Pivot Is Real
Enforcing a 21st-century Monroe Doctrine means recalibrating U.S. defense posture.
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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Dec. 2. Trump Hasn’t Learned From History in Latin America
The former leaders of Colombia and Mexico are concerned over recent U.S. actions
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Hegseth is seen in profile as he walks through a hallway on Capitol Hill. He wears a dark suit and red tie, and his face his partly in shadow. Pete Hegseth Is Turning Political Theater Into Lethal Force
The U.S. is killing for the sake of spectacle.
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Trump sits at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with his hands clasped in front of him. He wears a dark suit and red tie. Military officers in dress uniform stand behind him, with one of them holding an open folder showing a document with Trump's signature at the bottom. Trump Announces Blockade on Sanctioned Oil Tankers to and From Venezuela
Choking off oil flows could be a backbreaker for President Nicolás Maduro’s rule.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during a meeting at the White House in Washington on Dec. 2. Pete Hegseth’s Bad Week
The defense secretary is under scrutiny for a series of questionable decisions.
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Maduro speaks into a microphone as he stands with his fists raised while wearing a red baseball cap and a red-and-white striped button-down shirt. People onstage behind him smile toward the camera. Trump’s Venezuela Fixation Is Not About the Oil
There are lots of reasons why the Trump administration is angling for regime change in Caracas, but heavy oil isn’t one of them.
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A U.S. soldier with an automatic rifle stands on one side of a barbed-wire fence and points the weapon into a crowd of people on the other side. Many in the crowd reach their open hands out. Other soldiers stand nearby in camouflage fatigues with their own weapons. U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous
The arrogance that led to Iraq now threatens catastrophe in Venezuela.
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U.S. President Donald Trump with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bassent while meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 18. Trump Should Stick to His Guns on Venezuela
The U.S. president was right to resist regime change before, and he should do so again now.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alights from the plane upon his arrival at the Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rice on January 28, 2015. Maduro Needs a Golden Parachute
The only way to avoid war in Venezuela may be if its leader doesn’t fear leaving office.
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Carmela Medina and Alejandro Carranza, parents of Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian man who allegedly died when the US bombed a boat supposedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, pose for a photo at their house in Santa Marta on October 21. Why Trump’s Justifications for Drone Killings Fall Short
Whatever the administration says, the U.S. is not actually at war with nonstate actors
