Venezuela

• Machado Won’t Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says - The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.
• Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors - Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts.
• Congressional lawmakers hear from Navy admiral overseeing boat strikes - The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela spoke to key lawmakers Tuesday as Congress seeks more answers on President Donald Trump's mission, which, in
• Venezuela's 'joropo' dance declared a UNESCO treasure - Venezuela's "joropo" -- a genre blending music, song and fast-paced partner dancing -- was named Tuesday as a UNESCO intangible cultural treasure.The designation was announced by UNESCO at a meeting in New Delhi in which the UN cultural org
• Pete Hegseth Is Ordering Executions at Sea - Did Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious.
• Trump’s Threat of Military Action Is a Major Challenge to Maduro. Here’s What to Know. - The president has warned that the United States could soon expand its attacks from boats near the coast to targets inside Venezuela, but he has also spoken by phone to its leader.
• Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Strike Clinging to Wreckage - The defense secretary supported the admiral he said called for the second strike on Sept. 2 against a boat the administration says was smuggling drugs.
• Maduro rejects a ‘slave’s peace’ for Venezuela as US ramps up pressure - Thousands rally in Caracas in support of President Nicolas Maduro as concerns grow over potential US military action.
• ‘The View’ Calls Pete Hegseth’s Venezuela Boat Strikes ‘Flat Out Murder’ | Video - The panel explains how the defense secretary's alleged orders to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in Venezuela could be a war crime.
• America’s Backyard Isn’t as Quiet as It Looks - Latin Americans have proved surprisingly acquiescent to U.S. aggression — but that won’t last forever.