Meanwhile in Cuba: Regime death watch as services collapse

Meanwhile in Cuba: Regime death watch as services collapse

by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2026 Real World News On the streets of Cuba, residents are talking about whether the communist regime in Havana will be next to fall after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Since crucial Venezuelan oil imports are now in jeopardy, some observers say Cuba is on the verge […]

Maduro ‘gleefully’ reaffirmed strategic China ties hours before capture

Maduro ‘gleefully’ reaffirmed strategic China ties hours before capture

FPI / January 7, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct China’s official Xinhua news agency slammed the Jan. 3 U.S. attack that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as “naked hegemonic behavior.” But in an indication of how seriously the U.S. operation impacted Beijing, the Chinese government-controlled social media site Weibo included numerous posts saying that […]

China ‘deeply shaken’ by Maduro’s capture; Sanctioned oil tankers bolt in ‘dark mode’

China ‘deeply shaken’ by Maduro’s capture; Sanctioned oil tankers bolt in ‘dark mode’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2026 Real World News The communist regime in Beijing has strongly condemned the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro, calling the operation a violation of sovereignty and international law. What has shaken China’s regime to its core, is watching decades of strategic and economic investment in […]

World reacts: Ecstatic Venezuelans celebrate, Left mourns narco-terrorist’s exit

World reacts: Ecstatic Venezuelans celebrate, Left mourns narco-terrorist’s exit

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2026 Real World News It was socialist Hugo Chavez who turned off the lights in his country in 1999, nationalized the oil industry and led the “pink tide” throughout Latin America. When he died in 2013, there was no relief as his handpicked successor took over until early in […]

Trump Administration makes an example of Maduro, will ‘run’ Venezuela for now

Trump Administration makes an example of Maduro, will ‘run’ Venezuela for now

by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2026 Real World News U.S. forces conducted major strikes in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, captured Nicolas Maduro in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement, and flew him and his wife Cilia Flores out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Jan. 3, 2026. President Trump said a U.S. “team” […]

‘Trump Corollary’ to Monroe Doctrine, puts ‘non-Hemispheric’ competitors on notice

‘Trump Corollary’ to Monroe Doctrine, puts ‘non-Hemispheric’ competitors on notice

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 19, 2025 President Donald Trump is flexing his Teddy Roosevelt moment. With the release of the National Security Strategy 2025, the administration has presented a global blueprint and guide for what’s described as America First Policies. Rather than trying to cover all bases geographically, the policy has […]

‘Non-hemispheric’ China gets a call from ‘strategic partner’ Nicholas Maduro

‘Non-hemispheric’ China gets a call from ‘strategic partner’ Nicholas Maduro

FPI / December 18, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 17, 2025, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi called Venezuela’s Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto — at the latter’s request. That same day third-level Chinese state media Guancha reported on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding that […]

Select Committee documents illicit China-Iran-Venezuela oil network

Select Committee documents illicit China-Iran-Venezuela oil network

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2025 Real World News The U.S. House Select Committee on China has exposed an illicit China-Iran-Venezuela network which the committee said is “directly fueling drug dealers and terrorists.” “China is the indispensable buyer, logistics hub for sanctioned Iranian & Venezuelan oil,” the committee’s chairman, Rep. John Moolenaar, Michigan Republican, said […]

How Trump and ‘shock capitalism’ can make Argentina great again

How Trump and ‘shock capitalism’ can make Argentina great again

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Stephen Moore, December 11, 2025 President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei have a special relationship. Each is engaged in a crusade to make his respective country’s economy great again. Trump was all in on helping Milei win his elections earlier this year, and he has also offered the […]

Attorney releases letter to Americans from Venezuela’s former military intel chief on ‘reality’ of regime

Attorney releases letter to Americans from Venezuela’s former military intel chief on ‘reality’ of regime

by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2025 Real World News In a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, a top insider in the Venezuelan regimes of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro details how the socialist dictators weaponized cocaine, collaborated with Cuban intelligence and the Hizbullah terror group, and exported violent criminal networks — including Tren de […]