By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
US President Donald Trump has exposed a worldview rooted in colonial entitlement by claiming Venezuela’s oil and other resources as America’s own, says a Venezuelan academic and political commentator.
Speaking to the Press TV website, Guillermo R. Barreto, a professor at the Simon Bolivar University, said Trump's claim on the South American country's rich oil resources reveals his "supremacist, colonialist, and imperialist" agenda.
“Trump explicitly stated his claim to the oil, lands, and resources that according to him belong to the US; this is undoubtedly a reckless declaration that reveals his supremacist, colonialist, and imperialist vision, devoid of any knowledge of history or international law,” he stated.
The academic and analyst said he believes Washington’s bellicose approach in the Caribbean reflects a deeper strategic anxiety.
It is a fact that US hegemony is under threat,” Barreto said, pointing to lost ground in technology, finance, and global markets.
“The US has lost markets in Asia and Africa, and therefore, its security doctrine prioritizes the domination of Latin America (and all their resources), employing the two remaining weapons at its disposal: military power and the entertainment industry,” he added.
At the center of that strategy, he noted, is not just Venezuela itself but its important Global South allies, particularly China.
“The US doesn't just need control of these resources for its own development. It needs to prevent China (and Russia or Iran) from accessing them because, ultimately, the US's biggest war is against China,” Barreto said. “Controlling Venezuela means blocking China's access to the world's largest oil reserves.”
The geopolitical calculations also explain, in his view, Washington’s hostility toward the Bolivarian Revolution, now in its third decade....... more below
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Unit says Iran will consider the Israeli regime’s shelters “legitimate targets” if residential areas in the country come under attack.
In a post published on social media platform X on Tuesday, the IRGC said that any strikes on residential areas in Iran would give Iran’s armed forces the right to attack Israeli shelters in the occupied lands.
The IRGC stated that it has intelligence on the blueprints and the exact locations of these shelters.
Iran began its Operation True Promise 4 after the US and Israel launched their joint military aggression against the Islamic Republic in late February by assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and several senior Iranian officials.
In its latest wave of attacks, the IRGC said it rained down missiles on the Israeli regime’s “secure” intelligence facilities in Tel Aviv.
Iranian armed forces have also pounded American military bases and ...
In a fresh wave of retaliatory strikes, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted the Israeli regime’s “secure” intelligence facilities in Tel Aviv.
The IRGC’s Public Relations Department said in a statement on Tuesday that it had carried out the 79th wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 against the Israeli and American targets.
Deploying powerful Kheybar Shekan, Emad, and Sejjil missiles alongside IRGC Aerospace Force kamikaze drones, the operation successfully breached the regime's multi-layered air defense systems, the statement said.
The missiles, it stated, targeted Israel’s intelligence facilities in northern and central Tel Aviv, as well as military commercial and support centers in Ramat Gan and the Negev.
The missiles also hit Israel’s southern military logistics and command headquarters in Beersheba.
The missile strikes triggered widespread panic across Israel and forced the suspension of a Knesset (parliament) session on Tuesday.
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announces staging the 78th wave of its underway retaliatory Operation True Promise 4, targeting such highly sensitive Israeli targets as Dimona, Tel Aviv, and Eilat as well as several US military bases in the region.
In a statement on Tuesday, the IRGC described the latest phase of the operation as a significant development featuring missiles raining down on enemy targets as the nation was leveling momentous support behind the Islamic Republic by attending millions-strong rallies with "clenched fists."
'A distinct record'
The latest phase, it noted, "has set a distinct record in the timeline of the war."
According to the statement, targets in the occupied port of Eilat, Dimona, a heavily fortified city that hosts the Israeli regime's notorious nuclear reactor in its vicinity, and northern Tel Aviv were struck using Emad and multi-warhead Qadr missile systems along with attack drones.
This was the second time the Corps was hitting Dimona, ...
