/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Venezuela/rss en /channels/channels/news/vincent-rigby-unpacking-us-strategy-globe-and-mail-370246 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 7, 2026 |<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/vincent-rigby"> Vincent Rigby</a> joined the Globe and Mail to discuss the details of Trump's national security strategy and what it means for the U.S. government's next moves. Rigby notes that Trump's use of the Monroe Doctrine is a message that "toes the line" with other states in the Western Hemisphere, encouraging cooperation among its allies and the desire to expand that list of countries, even if it requires force. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/the_globe_mail_banner.png?itok=XCJuy1BL" width="160" height="23" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2026</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:21:34 +0000 webfull 214716 at /channels /channels/channels/news/kyle-matthews-risks-us-intervention-venezuela-ctv-news-370200 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 5, 2026 | Kyle Matthews spoke to CTV News about the United States’ recent military action in Venezuela, cautioning that the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces sets a dangerous precedent for global sovereignty. Matthews, a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Security, said the operation, which included airstrikes and the capture of Maduro, signals a troubling shift in how powerful states engage with sovereign countries and could encourage similar interventions elsewhere.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screenshot_2026-01-07_at_11.11.05_am.png?itok=dvtxEO9L" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2026</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:12:22 +0000 webfull 214673 at /channels /channels/channels/news/op-ed-dictatorship-venezuela-will-soon-be-reality-269174 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Jose Mauricio Gaona is an O’Brien Fellow at 91ºÚÁÏÍø Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a Saul Hayes Fellow at 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s Faculty of Law, and a Vanier Canada Scholar.</em></p> <p>"Sunday’s election in Venezuela of a national constituent assembly does not represent the very beginnings of Mr. Maduro’s dictatorship, but its final ascension. In truth, the actions of Mr. Maduro’s government in the past 12 months are archetypical of a dictatorship, not a democracy."</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:05:23 +0000 webfull 129424 at /channels /channels/channels/news/venezuelas-collapse-rule-law-and-economy-almost-non-existent-269042 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:41:23 +0000 webfull 129358 at /channels