President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the head of a sovereign country over the weekend was a hugely significant operation. But it was perhaps even more significant as a statement of intent.

Operation Absolute Resolve, that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound.

President Donald Trump had planned for months to invade Venezuela and seize its real prize, the nation’s vast oil reserves. Capturing President Nicolás Maduro was more pretext than purpose. This was an act of naked and indefensible aggression.

Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China's contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of lo

The capture of Nicolas Maduro marks a return to gunboat diplomacy, or as the US president says: the ‘Donroe doctrine’.

The president also reiterated aggressive comments toward Colombia’s leader, who denigrated the Trump administration as a "clan of pedophiles."

The US' sudden military operation against Venezuela and the forcible seizure of the country's president has dominated headlines worldwide since Saturday. The operation is viewed by global media and observers as a real-life example of the Monroe Doctrine in action,

As the prominent barrister compares US action in Venezuela to Putin’s invasions, Trump threatens to undercut the legitimacy of his own actions.