Our latest study explores how the decline of Global North hegemony has shifted the geopolitical landscape and opened new possibilities for emergent organisations of the Global South.
Trump will receive a standing ovation in the U.S. Congress, and the price of that applause will be the lives of hundreds of Venezuelan civilians and the struggles of millions during twenty-five years of U.S. "hybrid warfare".
Utilizing participatory communication, Venezuelan community media has demonstrated a communication practice that is distinct from that of corporate media.
The US assault on Venezuela did not begin on 3 January 2026 – but the bombing of the country and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Cilia Flores once again lay bare Washington’s contempt for sovereignty and international law.
Real problems bedevil the population, but these problems are not going to be solved through a hyper-imperialist aerial bombardment by the United States and Israel. The Iranians will need to sort out their own problems. The sanctions regime and the threats of violence do nothing to allow that to happen.
I believe that over time, you will witness the vulnerability and difficulties this move will bring to the US. We will continue to defend our position, our right to exist, our vision of independence and sovereignty, our right to the revolutionary process, and our right to establish relations with China, Russia, and any country that views Venezuela as a friend—regardless of US intervention.
The US bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president and first lady showcased the current hyper-imperialist stage of the world order. Although a new mood has emerged in the Global South, it is not yet a developed challenge to the collective West.
What is at stake is not just the peace of Latin America, but the peace of the Global South and the entire world.
As more countries realize that international law cannot protect them from the encroachments of power, they can only seek self-preservation by developing military strength, establishing exclusive alliances, or conducting preemptive strikes—precisely the choice made by European countries before World War I and the direct cause of that catastrophic conflict.
Trump will get his standing ovation at the US Congress, but the price for that has already been paid by hundreds of dead civilians in Venezuela and millions more who are struggling to survive the long-term hybrid war imposed by the United States on Venezuela for the past two decades.