Comments on: In the wake of Venezuela, is Mexico next? A perspective from our CEO

By: T.

T. — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:46:35 +0000

Please take a moment to pull up and read the MONROE DOCTRINE. This will explain a lot of why the USA felt a need to take action. Ask the US oil companies that had their equipment stolen and a funds held about this action. Mexico should not be afraid of this action, they should support it. This is an act to protect the Americas. One of our countries has defected and began to support Russia, Iran and China, All of which have bad wishes for the USA. And as the USA goes, so does the Americas. From the Tip of Chile to the Top of Canada, We need to stick together.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:57:04 +0000

So you’re saying the UN should intervene in countries with rigged elections and authoritarian governments?? One that’s a complete fantasy that ignores the fact the UN is feckless and captured by imperial interests. Two, they’d have to have the world’s biggest army and take on counties like Saudi Arabia, Israel, China, Russia. Give me a break.

Stop with the nonsensical casual justification of the US’s imperial gunboat diplomacy by repeating the tired excuses about how ‘evil’ Venezuela is. You and everyone else knows the US does not give one iota of sympathy for the Venezuelan people.

By: Mona Wright

Mona Wright — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:33:24 +0000

Yes it’s about the oil but it’s also about the minerals that Venezuela is rich in. We have no business intervening in that country or any other.

By: Caguichi

Caguichi — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:21:06 +0000

In reply to Bradford Burns. Very good proposal Bradford! Hopefully someone is listening!

By: Mike Ingram

Mike Ingram — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:08:52 +0000

It’s just about the oil. Absolutely Nothing Else. US interventions have always been about something to make somebody richer, be it Cuba, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, coup’s in Chile, Haiti, the Dominican Republic …. it’s always oil or bananas, or sugar or United Fruit, just follow the bloody money. Disgusting.

By: CHARLES WEISS

CHARLES WEISS — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:48:50 +0000

In reply to Bradford Burns. Good logical solution. Those who want can party with legal and controled quality of cocain and all the rest. This will cut down on avoidable accidental deaths. Risky behavior may lead to deaths, but that becomes a personal choice....a very conservative position that should be acceptable to all political factions.

By: CHARLES WEISS

CHARLES WEISS — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:26:42 +0000

We have a little more to work with today after Secretary Rubio walked back Trump`s idea of taking over the government of Venezuela and now saying that what Trump meant is that the US will blockade the oil ships when needed to enforce control of the oil resources. I think Trump will back down on his threats to enter Mexico in this same way.

By: Michael Burnside

Michael Burnside — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:06:47 +0000

My first comment is about the U.N. Quote by the Presidenta, the United Nations is worthless, all bluster and speeches, but very little good constructive action.
In regards to what happened in Venezuela, no matter whether you support or detest Trump it was a legal “law enforcement” action taken against 2 people who were legally indicted in a U.S. Federal Court by a Federal judge and in the liberal State of New York nonetheless. Now as far as any other underlying reasons for this, unless you are part of the current administration in Washington you’re just guessing, and your prejudices or supportive outlook on the administration leads to your so called conclusions.
Travis great article, keep up the good journalism .

By: Arturo Kenne

Arturo Kenne — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:41:49 +0000

Epstein! Remember him? Trump could have done the same thing with Venezuela in his first term. But he didn’t need the distraction. Let’s not be too naive. The spin machine in Washington has successfully changed the narrative in such an impressive way that no one remembers that Trump is a convicted criminal who partied with sex traffickers. We’re all agog with being the butch savior of poor Latin America that we’ve lost our memory.

By: MCR

MCR — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:07:51 +0000

In reply to Richard Davis. In fact, growing number of fentanyl fatalities are a result of counterfeit prescription drugs: OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax and Adderall all non-lethal. Is that voluntary fentanyl ingestion?