John Mearsheimer vs. John Bolton on Venezuela - Antiwar.com Blog

Four Observations on the US Kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro

Outside Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment in NYC. SWinxy, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Jonathan Cook / Jonathan Cook Blog Four observations on the Trump administration’s flagrant la…

Nicolas Maduro Was Ripe For A Kidnapping

The Trump administration captured now-ousted Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro early on Jan. 3. The Daily Caller's Thomas English talks about it.

The kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro

Operation "Absolute Determination" is no more an invasion of Venezuela than the Russian special military operation would be an invasion of Ukraine. It's the normal game played by powers in the face of an existential threat. Nicolás Maduro is the president of Venezuela, even if the United States and the EU don't recognize him. His status as president didn't protect him from the indictment he faced in the United States. Washington had the right to…

John Mearsheimer vs. John Bolton on Venezuela - Antiwar.com Blog

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 4 January 2026, John Bolton and I appeared on Tom Switzer’s new show — “Switzerland” — to talk about the US kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Although we were interviewed sequentially, the issues Bolton and I addressed were unsurprisingly very similar while the…

Trump’s Maduro show trial is a farce to distract you from the Epstein Files and hasn’t it worked!

In his book, The Room where it happened, Neoliberal Hawk John Bolton goes into detail at the attempted coup 2019 by Trump against Venezuela and as Trump ratchets up an enormous fleet off the coast. It’s a fascinating insight into how deeply involved Trump’s first term was in the attempted coup against Maduro and provides some insight into Trump’s current thinking. Trump’s concerns as outlined by Bolton were Venezuela empowering China, Cuba and R…