In this in-depth interview, Vijay Prasad offers a sweeping analysis of the U.S. escalation against Venezuela, the alleged kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, and the enduring legacy of the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America.🔴🔴🔴Support Independent media to remain bold: https://patreon.com/IndiaGlobalLeftLink for donation: https://paypal.me/sankymudiar🔴🔴🔴We begin by unpacking how the United States exercises asymmetric power—through sanctions, coercive diplomacy, financial warfare, and media narratives—and how these tools shape outcomes in Venezuela and across the Global South. Prasad explains what remains of Maduroismo today: the political structures, popular support, and contradictions within Venezuela’s Bolivarian process.The conversation also explores Delcy Rodríguez’s interventions, the meaning of sovereignty under siege, and whether U.S. power is entering a phase of strategic decline—or becoming more reckless as it weakens.Beyond Venezuela, we examine the future of U.S. interventions globally, the limits of conservative critiques of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and whether such critiques offer anything meaningful for anti-imperialist movements.Finally, Prasad turns to strategy:• Can the Left unite anti-corporatism and anti-landlordism into a mass politics?• Is a gentle critique of imperialism ever useful—and does the same logic apply to critiques of capitalism itself?• What kind of clarity is required to rebuild an internationalist Left today?This interview is essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand U.S. imperial power, Latin American resistance, and the strategic dilemmas facing the global Left.🔴🔴🔴Follow us on Substack: https://substack.com/@indiagloballeftTwitter: https://twitter.com/Indiagloballeft Instagram https://www.instagram.com/indiagloballeft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559411353392Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Y9iCWUv8ha3ATsPWtWk0?si=ee1f0de3de094f17Telegram: https://t.me/+WNlqoiv1Rhg5NjEx🔴🔴🔴