{"id":307521,"date":"2026-01-07T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trumps-actions-in-venezuela-mark-a-return-to-blatant-imperialism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:00:24","slug":"trumps-actions-in-venezuela-mark-a-return-to-blatant-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trumps-actions-in-venezuela-mark-a-return-to-blatant-imperialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s actions in Venezuela mark a return to &#8216;blatant imperialism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/HE6tvlK7R7Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump's actions in Venezuela mark a return to 'blatant imperialism'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HE6tvlK7R7Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s really a return to the rhetoric and actions of blatant imperialism\u2019 says the Guardian\u2019s senior correspondent Julian Borger.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The ousted president of Venezuela Nicol\u00e1s Maduro appeared in court in New York on Monday, after the US attacked Venezuela with airstrikes early on Saturday \u2013 the first direct US military attack on a South American country. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized from their bedrooms and flown to New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a lawyer to say that this stood up under the UN charter on international law in general as a legitimate operation,\u2019 says Borger.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most striking was how explicit US president Donald Trump was about the reasoning behind this military action. He announced that the US would \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela for an unspecified period \u2018until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,\u2019 \u2013 and said that the aim was for US companies to take control of Venezuela\u2019s oil infrastructure for their own benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Watch to find out more about how this action represents a move back to the \u2018gunboat diplomacy of the 19th century, but this time with drones\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>And find out more about how, after a long history of interventions in South and Central America and the Caribbean, Trump\u2019s intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US.<\/p>\n<p>#trump #donaldtrump #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #maduro #usa #imperialism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It\u2019s really a return to the rhetoric and actions of blatant imperialism\u2019 says the Guardian\u2019s senior correspondent Julian Borger. 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