Trump on November 25 -- public domain image By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Policy experts and advocates on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump’s claim that he had ordered the airspace above and around Venezuela “to be closed in its entirety”—an authority the US president does not have but that one analyst said signaled a “scorched earth” policy in the South American country and that others warned could portend imminent airstrikes. Francisco Rodriguez, a senior researc

The leftist Colombian president retorted that “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters.” Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the UN, September 23, 2025 -- Fotografía oficial de la Presidencia de Colombia from Colombia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The United States carried out another deadly attack on a boat it claimed was being used by a left-wing Colombian revolutionary grou

The war drums beating in Washington are not just a threat to a distant nation; they are a symptom of a political system that thrives on...