By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Underneath the appearance of “normalcy” in the ongoing relationship between Venezuela and the US lies a manifest asymmetry of power. Even commentators from mainstream international news outlets frame their analyses by drawing attention to the proverbial US gun held to acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s head and, … Read More

by Roger Harris, published at Counterpunch  September 2, 2026 Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the US. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of a larger and accelerating assertion of US imperial power worldwide. The Bolivarian Revolution … Read More

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/decapitate-venezuela by Roger D. Harris,  Francisco Dominguez, María Páez Victor Washington’s assault removed Maduro but failed to destroy Chavismo, fracture the military or unleash the regime-change collapse its architects expected.   “Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful … Read More

By Roger D. Harris, Francisco Dominguez, and María Paez Victor Originally published at https://popularresistance.org/venezuela-dont-blame-the-victim/ “Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026. … Read More