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Trump to Host Right-Wing Leaders at Summit to Promote His “Donroe Doctrine”
Trump and Rubio may hope to win obedient allies who will defend US violations of sovereignty and international law.
Trump’s Lawlessness Joins Strategic Use of Law to Create a Facade of Legitimacy
“Emergency laws” create legal frameworks and blueprints that only strengthen the ability of the state to enact violence.
Pentagon Kills 2 More in Another Boat Strike, Bringing Death Toll to 128
The attack comes a week after the Trump administration was sued by the families of two men killed in an earlier strike.
Colombian President Petro Meets With Trump After Months of Exchanging Threats
Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón says the region needs a more coordinated response to “coercion” from the US.
Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue
The families of two men killed on a small boat targeted by the US military filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week.
Pentagon Conducted Lethal Boat Strike With Aircraft Disguised as Civilian Plane
Disguising military assets as civilian is a practice known as perfidy, which is a war crime in some contexts.
Trump Is Betting MAGA Fans Will Relish an Expanded War on Drugs
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela fuses the deeply unpopular “war on drugs” with the “war on terror.”
Analysts Warn Venezuela Invasion Could Empower Trump to Take Actions Elsewhere
The US’s first unilateral invasion in South America is Trump's testing ground for military supremacy in the region.
The Legal System Is Not Reining in Trump. It’s Letting Him Bend Law to His Will.
The US legal system has proved insufficient to protect human and civil rights in the face of Trump’s attacks.
Venezuelans Say They Will Continue to Resist in the Face of Trump’s Aggression
“It sounded like an earthquake, like the sky was falling down,” a journalist in Caracas said of the US strikes.