Gabriel Hetland

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that they bombed another boat in the Caribbean on October 3, 2025. (Photo: screenshot/Donald Trump/Truth Social)

Murder in the Caribbean: How should we interpret the dramatic escalation in US policy towards Venezuela?

Gabriel Hetland — Trump’s recent actions should be understood as part of a longstanding pattern of US aggression towards the Maduro regime. Yet there are also notable distinctions.
Venezuela repression

US sanctions have decimated Venezuela, but the left should still oppose Maduro’s brutal authoritarianism

Gabriel Hetland — The immense harm caused by US sanctions should not mean leftists give Maduro's repressive and predatory government a free pass.
solar panels

Closing the extractive frontier: An interview with Colombia’s former Minister of Mines and Energy Andrés Camacho

Andrés Camacho Morales reflects on Colombia’s decarbonization plans, the progress made thus far, and the core obstacles these efforts have faced.
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 25, 2019.

Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela

Gabriel Hetland — Maduro’s authoritarianism has garnered significant attention, but there has been less notice of the transformation in Maduro’s class base.

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