![U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joins President Donald J. Trump for a working lunch with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://citizentruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/trump-bolton-pompeo-288x180.jpg "Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in his Venezuela Chapter 1")
Four major sanctions over 10 months that crippled the Venezuelan economy are hardly indicative of an administration that “vacillated and wobbled”, in Bolton’s words. (Common Dreams) From the first paragraph of “Venezuela Libre”, the ninth ...
“In South America, Trump wanted to send the US military to Venezuela to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, Bolton writes. He ‘insisted on military options for Venezuela’ and even told his cabinet that it ‘is really ...
“The pressure is working,” said Indivisible. “We need to hear from Bolton and the other witnesses who know exactly how egregious Trump’s abuse of power was.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump fired ...
An attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities has renewed fears of a looming US-Iran conflict, despite claims of responsibility by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Devastating drone strikes on Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil facilities on Saturday ...
Whether John Bolton was fired or he resigned is unclear, but one thing is for sure, Trump’s hawkish advisor is out. President Trump fired his hawkish National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday, tweeting, “I ...
“The ball is in Europe’s court. Are Paris, London and Berlin going to again waste a chance under the influence of (U.S. President Donald) Trump, or use the remaining opportunity to fulfill their promises and ...
“The strategy of maximum pressure is not designed to induce negotiations, but rather to push Iran away from the negotiating table while triggering further Iranian provocations that could serve as a pretext for war.” The ...
That view – that Bolton is driving Trump into a perilous military confrontation with America’s principal foe in the Middle East – is ricocheting across the globe. “Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets ...
European allies voiced concern this week that the U.S.-Iran tensions could accidentally trigger a conflict after the Pentagon dispatched a Patriot missile defense battery, a bomber task force, an amphibious transport dock and a carrier ...
“The latest indication that this administration is running full speed directly into a major war with Iran.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) In a late Sunday statement warning—without any evidence whatsoever—of “troubling and escalatory” actions by ...
The latest sanctions are meant to limit Venezuela’s access to US dollars. (By Ricardo Vaz, Venezuela Analysis) The US Treasury Department has levied sanctions against the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) in a bid to ...
“The American threats against international judges clearly show the new political climate. It is shocking. I had never heard such a threat.” A senior judge at the United Nation’s International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) has resigned ...
A press conference held by John Bolton suggested the US might send 5,000 troops to Venezuela. Things are getting dangerous in the standoff between the United States and Venezuela. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on ...
“I am coming here again to denounce the plot that is being prepared from the White House to violate Venezuelan democracy, to assassinate me and to impose a dictatorial government in Venezuela.” (People’s Dispatch) Venezuelan ...
After a ruling by the ICJ that angered the U.S., the country is now looking at pulling out of all international agreements that expose them to ICJ jurisdiction. Last Wednesday, the Trump administration pulled out ...
Here we are again, another run-up to another war in the Middle East. As the mainstream media remains obsessive over the latest Stormy Daniels-Trump related controversy or James Comey’s immature book tour, the winds of ...
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