Maduro’s last exit is to Brooklyn
But his henchmen remain in power in Caracas
Caracas
US seizes more tankers, courts oil companies as post-Maduro Venezuela takes shape
In the week since Washington arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the outlines of a post-Maduro Venezuela have begun to take shape. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Defense...
Op-eds
U.S. Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil After Lengthy Pursuit
Tanker Boarded by U.S. Forces: The United States seized the Russian-flagged Bella 1 oil tanker on January 7 after a two-week pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean triggered by its violation...
Flash Briefs
Turkey’s Strategic Support for the Maduro Regime Deserves Attention
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro long had a friend in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In addition to diplomatic cover, under the Turkish leader, the regime in Caracas received an economic lifeline...
Policy Briefs
Turkey’s extensive ties with Venezuela bolstered Maduro’s regime despite sanctions and criminal activity
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was an important external backer of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, providing diplomatic cover, economic engagement, and access to international markets...
Op-eds
Why Trump bared his teeth and nabbed Venezuela’s Maduro — and it’s not just drugs
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday was a US victory on two fronts: the war on drugs and the great-power competition with China and Russia. For...
Op-eds
Trump has started to liberate Venezuela while striking the heart of Russia, China, Iran’s evil global axis
President Trump’s historic intervention in Venezuela offers needed hope to friends of freedom around the world and nervous traders in the oil market. A pro-America, free-market government...
Op-eds
U.S. Captures Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro Following Military Operation in Caracas
U.S. Raid Leads to Venezuelan President’s Arrest: President Donald Trump announced on January 3 that U.S. forces had arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife...
Flash Briefs
United States strikes Venezuela, captures President Maduro
On January 3, at around 2 am, the United States military began a wave of airstrikes on military targets in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and surrounding areas. Shortly afterward, at around 4:30 am,...
Op-eds
As the noose tightens around Nicolas Maduro, how to ensure a strong — and pro-American — Venezuela follows
With President Donald Trump announcing a “total and complete” oil blockade of Venezuela this week, the noose around dictator Nicolas Maduro’s neck is tightening. A massive US Navy strike...
Op-eds
U.S. Blockades Sanctioned Oil Tankers in Venezuela. Iran Deserves the Same Treatment
The waters off the shores of President Nicolas Maduro’s Bolivarian Republic are getting choppy for the dictator. After the U.S. Coast Guard seized the Skipper, a Venezuelan supertanker, on December 10,...
Policy Briefs
How Turkey Props up Venezuela
The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided an unexpected sanctions evasion lifeline for Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela.
Op-eds
US deploys carrier, issues airspace warning, seizes oil tanker in latest Caribbean escalations
Washington continued ramping up its military deployment near Venezuela under Operation Southern Spear, the anti-drug trafficking campaign announced by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on November 13. The...
Op-eds
A Free Venezuela Elevates U.S. Energy Security
If the Maduro regime were to fall tomorrow, the immediate applause in Washington would be for the restoration of democracy. But in Houston, the reaction would be a scramble for logistics. For over a...
Op-eds
Venezuelan Oil Exports Continued Despite U.S. Escalation in November
U.S. pressure on Venezuela’s strongman, Nicolás Maduro, is increasing — his cartel has just been designated a terrorist organization and an American aircraft carrier group is circling off his coast...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Al Mustafa University is a terror front
On November 7, 2025, the Daily Mail reported on an Iranian assassination plot against Israel’s ambassador to Mexico. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) orchestrated the...
Op-eds
How Venezuela’s Maduro became Washington’s most persistent hemispheric adversary
On November 13, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear amid an increased American military presence off the coast of Venezuela. Hegseth stated that the...
Op-eds
Trump’s Venezuela push tackles the cocaine cartels — and Maduro’s illicit regime
In January President Donald Trump’s Special Presidential Envoy Richard Grenell held extensive talks with Venezuelan dictator Nicholás Maduro that included discussions of Venezuela receiving...
Op-eds
China Keeps the Axis of Aggressors Afloat With Oil Imports
Beijing continues to import oil from key U.S. adversaries. According to TankerTrackers, China imported 8.31 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in October, only slightly lower than its September...
Policy Briefs
Iran is Creeping into the International Arms Market
Almost overnight, Iran has positioned itself as a weapons exporter to rogue regimes around the world.