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Vijay Prashad: Why the US Will Never ‘Rule’ Venezuela

Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, discusses the real motive behind the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro, explaining the attacks are about controlling Venezuela’s oil and undermining the Bolivarian Revolution.

Prashad breaks down the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine and situates the attack in a long history of U.S. imperialism. He warns that Trump’s proclamation that the U.S. will “run Venezuela” would be a “worse fiasco than Iraq.”

@RaniaKhalek goes LIVE on Dispatches with @ZoPepperC and @vijayprashad to break down the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela — and what could come next.

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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