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In the days immediately following the earthquakes, neighbors came together to search for survivors. picture alliance/picture alliance via Getty Images

Earthquakes in Venezuela expose a severely under‑resourced and unprepared healthcare system

Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare system was like before the disaster.
Rubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority

At the tail end of the Vietnam War, Congress engaged in a breathtaking act of legislative assertion, affirming that lawmakers held the power to declare war – not the president.
The body of U.S. Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias is carried in a transfer case at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after he was killed on April 5, 2009, near Baghdad. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards via Getty Images

Wars without clear purpose erode presidential legacies, and Trump risks political consequences with further military action in Venezuela

President Donald Trump should take notice: From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, history shows leaders often pay a high political price when wars they start or expand become unpopular.
Venezuelan military personnel attend the funeral of fellow soldiers killed in the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7. Ariana Cubillos/AP

Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington

The interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is consolidating her power and has signalled a willingness to work with the Trump administration.
Donald Trump watches Operation Absolute Resolve with secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, and CIA director, John Ratcliffe. EPA/White House press office handout

Greenland, Venezuela and the ‘Donroe doctrine’

America’s new and aggressive geopoitical stance is becoming more clear – and Nato is worried.

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