The recent kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was not a “counter-narcotics” initiative: it was the culmination ...

Fearmongering about “narco-terrorism” was deployed to oust Maduro. In reality, it was always about capturing Venezuela’s oil.

The United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: "America's public enemy number one…is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this ...

The American “war on drugs,” initiated by President Richard Nixon in 1971 and dramatically escalated under subsequent administrations, represents far more than a domestic policy failure or public ...

Last month, the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution recently that would have prevented the Trump administration from launching military strikes in Venezuela without congressional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicolás Maduro, pictured being escorted towards a Manhattan courthouse on Jan 5 2026, is accused of shipping “thousands of tonnes” ...

The Trump administration has opted to use our military to stop the flow of drugs coming into the United States from Latin America. As with previous administrations, this is a myopic view of the ...

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SACRAMENTO — The United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: “America’s public enemy number one … is drug abuse. In order to fight ...

When the U.S. government launches deadly force against suspected drug carriers far away, it sets a chilling and dangerous precedent. For followers of Christ, this state expansion of power to take a ...