The Venezuelan president denounces the United States for using allegations of drug trafficking as a pretext to seize his country’s natural resources, particularly oil.

US Congresswoman Maria Salazar openly links calls for war on Venezuela to giving American oil firms unfettered access to its vast energy reserves.

Kevin Barrett, an editor at the Veterans Today news website, believes the United States’ so-called war on drug cartels in the Caribbean is merely a pretext for seizing control of Venezuela’s oil supplies.

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the destructive consequences of the West's long history of regime change politics.

Iran speeds up joint oil field development with Iraq, using only domestic resources.

India says it secured a 6-month US sanctions exemption for Iran’s Chabahar Port weeks after Washington revoked the sanctions waiver.

An analyst says that Iran’s decision to broadcast the location of its oil tankers is a challenge to the US.