Azmi Bishara on Maduro Abduction, Somaliland, and Yemen

From Noriega to Maduro: The Long US History of Kidnapping Foreign Leaders

While it has undoubtedly shocked the world, the Trump administration’s abduction of President Nicolás Maduro fits into a long history of United States kidnapping of foreign leaders. On January 3, U.S. Special Forces entered Venezuela by air, captured Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, killing around 80 people in the process. They were flown to the United States, where Maduro was put on trial on spurious drug trafficking and possession of firear…

Azmi Bishara on Maduro abduction, Somaliland, and Yemen

The US assault on Venezuela on the third of this month, and the abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro, occupied a substantial part of the in-depth interview given by Azmi Bishara, Director General of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, on Al-Araby Television from the Qatari city of Lusail on Thursday evening. Bishara argued that what is new in this aggression is not the kidnapping of Maduro — Washington has a precedent in this …