by WorldTribune Staff, September 10, 2025 Real World News As he was deploying troops to his country’s borders, Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on Monday declared the Christmas will again come early in the South American nation. “Once again this year, Christmas starts on October 1 with joy, commerce, activity, culture, carols,” dancing and traditional foods, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 2, 2025 Real World News The leaders of Latin America’s narco states are in panic mode amid President Donald Trump’s authorization for the U.S. military to target cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. On Tuesday, Trump confirmed that U.S. forces destroyed a vessel carrying narcotics from Venezuela during operations in the Caribbean. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump’s deployment of eight U.S. warships to the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela’s coast were billed as routine enforcement efforts to keep drug cartels from getting their products into the United States, but a source close to the administration told the New York Post on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2025 Real World News The Trump Department of Justice on Thursday increased the reward offered for information that leads to the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to $50 million. The bounty had been set at $25 million by the Biden DOJ. “He is one of the largest narco traffickers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 15, 2025 In what was akin to a celebration of global dictators and political rogues, Venezuela’s Marxist dictator Nicholas Maduro visited Moscow to join Vladimir Putin in celebrating Russia’s May 9th Victory Day Parade, the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. Putin’s pantheon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Edward Snowden seems to have considered just about every conceivable option for asylum. At least two countries, Venezuela and Nicaragua, whose leaders are deeply critical of U.S. foreign policy, are happy to accept him. He would no doubt be glad to live in either while disclosing still more […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Global Information System CARACAS — Venezuela’s ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (United Socialist Party: PSUV) has, since mid-December 2012, been working on devising a plan to initiate President-elect Hugo Chávez Frias’ new term in office without the president necessarily being physically able to govern. By the beginning of January 2013, there […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — First, the good news. The United States has been re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council along with Germany and Ireland. So too have been South Korea and Japan. Now fasten your seat belts for the rest of the eighteen new selections to the 47 member Geneva-based Council which […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner Sean Penn loves dictators, especially if they are anti-American leftists. Recently, the Hollywood star visited Venezuela to campaign for strongman Hugo Chavez. Mr. Penn joined Mr. Chavez at a major rally in the city of Valencia. The actor has been a longtime friend of the despot. With Venezuelans going to the polls […]
