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Dans un geste qui ravive les spectres de la Guerre Froide et des interventions américaines en Amérique latine, le président Donald Trump a ordonné le déploiement d'une armada significative de la marine américaine vers les eaux au large du Venezuela. Cette opération, qualifiée par la Maison Blanche de mesure décisive contre le trafic de drogue, cible directement le président vénézuélien Nicolás Maduro, accusé depuis longtemps d'être à la tête d'un "narco-cartel". Avec au moins trois destroyers de classe Arleigh Burke, un sous-marin d'attaque, et un groupe amphibie transportant environ 4 000 Marines, cette mobilisation marque une escalade dramatique dans les relations déjà tendues entre Washington et Caracas. Alors que Maduro mobilise plus de 4,5 millions de miliciens en réponse, le monde observe avec appréhension si cette confrontation navale pourrait dégénérer en conflit ouvert.
Cette décision intervient dans un contexte où les États-Unis accusent le régime vénézuélien d'alimenter le flux de narcotiques illicites vers leur territoire, exacerbant la crise des opioïdes qui ravage le pays. Maduro, fugitif aux yeux de la justice américaine depuis une inculpation en 2020 pour narco-terrorisme et trafic de drogue, est perçu par l'administration Trump comme un "narco-terroriste" menaçant la sécurité nationale. La prime pour sa capture a été doublée à 50 millions de dollars, soulignant l'urgence perçue par Washington. Mais au-delà des enjeux narcotiques, cette opération s'inscrit dans une stratégie plus large de Trump pour réaffirmer la dominance américaine dans l'hémisphère occidental, face à des influences rivales comme celles de la Russie et de la Chine.
Les racines du conflit
Les frictions entre les États-Unis et le Venezuela ne datent pas d'hier. Elles remontent à l'ère Hugo Chávez, dont Maduro est l'héritier politique, et ont culminé sous le premier mandat de Trump. En 2019, Washington avait reconnu Juan Guaidó comme président intérimaire, imposant des sanctions sévères contre le régime de Maduro pour violations des droits humains et corruption. Ces mesures ont asphyxié l'économie vénézuélienne, déjà fragilisée par la chute des prix du pétrole et une gestion chaotique. En 2020, le département de la Justice américain a inculpé Maduro et plusieurs de ses proches pour leur rôle présumé dans le "Cartel des Soleils", un réseau allégué de trafic de cocaïne impliquant des hauts gradés militaires vénézuéliens.
Trump, lors de son retour au pouvoir en janvier 2025, a rapidement relancé cette offensive. Son administration considère Maduro non pas comme un dirigeant légitime, mais comme le chef d'un cartel narco-terroriste. "Le président Trump a été très clair et cohérent", a déclaré la porte-parole de la Maison Blanche, Karoline Leavitt, lors d'un briefing le 20 août. "Il est prêt à utiliser tous les éléments du pouvoir américain pour arrêter l'afflux de drogue dans notre pays et pour traduire en justice ceux qui en sont responsables. Le régime Maduro n'est pas le gouvernement légitime du Venezuela." Cette rhétorique fait écho à la désignation des cartels comme organisations terroristes, une mesure qui autorise potentiellement l'usage de la force militaire au-delà des opérations policières traditionnelles.
Historiquement, les interventions américaines en Amérique latine – de l'invasion de Grenade en 1983 à l'opération Just Cause au Panama en 1989 – ont souvent été justifiées par la lutte contre la drogue ou le communisme. Ici, Trump semble puiser dans ce playbook, mais avec une intensité renouvelée. Des sources au Pentagone indiquent que l'ordre exécutif signé par Trump le 8 août autorise explicitement les forces armées à opérer contre les cartels en mer et sur sol étranger, marquant un virage vers une approche militariste. Cela contraste avec les efforts diplomatiques antérieurs, comme ceux sous Biden, qui avaient assoupli certaines sanctions en échange de promesses électorales – promesses non tenues après les élections contestées de juillet 2024 au Venezuela.
Détails de l'opération militaire
La flottille déployée est impressionnante par sa polyvalence et sa puissance de feu. Au cœur de l'opération se trouvent trois destroyers à missiles guidés de classe Arleigh Burke : l'USS Gravely, l'USS Jason Dunham et l'USS Sampson. Ces navires, équipés de systèmes Aegis capables d'intercepter des missiles et de mener des opérations de surveillance, sont idéaux pour des missions d'interdiction en haute mer. Ils sont accompagnés d'un sous-marin d'attaque, probablement de classe Virginia, spécialisé dans la guerre anti-sous-marine et la collecte de renseignements. En outre, un Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) composé de trois navires amphibies transporte environ 4 000 Marines, prêts à des opérations terrestres si nécessaire.
Des avions de patrouille maritime P-8 Poseidon, souvent décrits à tort comme des "avions espions" mais experts en surveillance océanique, complètent le dispositif. Selon des sources citées par Reuters, ces actifs opéreront dans les eaux et l'espace aérien internationaux pour plusieurs mois, avec pour objectif principal de perturber les routes de trafic de drogue. Un responsable américain, s'exprimant sous couvert d'anonymat, a précisé que ces forces pourraient être utilisées non seulement pour des interceptions, mais aussi pour des missions de renseignement étendues.
Cette mobilisation n'est pas isolée. Elle fait suite à une augmentation des patrouilles navales américaines dans les Caraïbes, initiée en avril 2020 sous Trump pour contrer les cartels, et renforcée récemment. Des exercices navals russes dans la région en juin 2024 avaient déjà alerté Washington sur les alliances de Maduro avec Moscou. Aujourd'hui, avec la prime sur Maduro portée à 50 millions de dollars, l'opération semble viser à l'isoler, peut-être en l'empêchant de voyager ou en forçant ses alliés à négocier.
La réponse vénézuélienne
Face à cette menace, Nicolás Maduro n'a pas tardé à réagir. Le 19 août, il a annoncé le déploiement de plus de 4,5 millions de membres de la milice nationale, des volontaires civils entraînés pour défendre le pays contre des "attaques externes et internes". "L'empire est devenu fou et a renouvelé ses menaces contre la paix et la tranquillité du Venezuela", a déclaré Maduro lors d'un événement à Caracas, sans préciser d'action concrète mais en invoquant l'héritage anti-impérialiste de Chávez.
Cette milice, créée en 2005 et renforcée sous Maduro, représente une force paramilitaire loyale au régime, équipée d'armes russes et chinoises. Des tweets et rapports indiquent que Caracas perçoit cette déploiement comme une préparation à une invasion, comparée par certains à l'intervention en Syrie. Maduro bénéficie du soutien de la Russie – qui a récemment mené des exercices navals dans les Caraïbes – et de la Chine, qui voit le Venezuela comme un point stratégique pour ses investissements pétroliers. Un tweet de Fabrizio Mercado Soria, daté du 20 août, suggère que la récente rencontre Trump-Poutine pourrait influencer l'issue : "Si aucun accord de paix n'est conclu, Maduro a ses jours comptés."
À l'intérieur du Venezuela, cette crise renforce la polarisation. Les opposants à Maduro, comme María Corina Machado, voient dans l'action américaine une opportunité de renverser le régime, tandis que les chavistes dénoncent une agression impérialiste. Des manifestations sporadiques ont éclaté à Caracas, mais la répression reste ferme.
Les réactions internationales
La communauté internationale réagit avec prudence. La Colombie, voisine et alliée des États-Unis, exprime des préoccupations sur une potentielle vague migratoire si les tensions dégénèrent. Le président colombien Gustavo Petro a averti le 20 août que cela pourrait ressembler à "la Syrie", appelant à la diplomatie. L'Équateur, quant à lui, propose d'accueillir une base militaire américaine, signe d'un alignement croissant avec Washington.
Sur les réseaux sociaux, particulièrement sur X (anciennement Twitter), les opinions divergent. Des utilisateurs comme @nicksortor saluent l'opération comme une mesure nécessaire contre les cartels, notant que "les forces armées américaines prennent enfin au sérieux les menaces contre notre patrie". D'autres, comme @Antiwarcom, critiquent un risque de changement de régime forcé, rappelant les échecs passés. Des voix latino-américaines, telles que @krausen1983, doutent de la chute de Maduro en raison du soutien russe et chinois, voyant cela comme une "preuve de tension" plutôt qu'une invasion imminente.
Des figures comme le congressman Carlos A. Gimenez applaudissent : "Le nœud se resserre autour du dictateur Nicolás Maduro et de son régime narco. Ses jours sont comptés." En revanche, des analystes comme ceux de WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America) avertissent que la force militaire "ne fonctionne pas" contre les cartels et pourrait aggraver le chaos.
Les risques d'escalade
Cette opération pose des questions profondes sur l'avenir des relations hémisphériques. D'un côté, elle pourrait perturber efficacement les routes de drogue, réduisant l'afflux de fentanyl aux États-Unis – une priorité absolue pour Trump, qui lie cela à sa politique d'immigration. De l'autre, elle risque une confrontation directe, surtout si Maduro ordonne des actions défensives en eaux territoriales. Avec la présence russe et chinoise, un incident pourrait internationaliser le conflit, évoquant les crises cubaines du passé.
Économiquement, le Venezuela, détenteur des plus grandes réserves de pétrole au monde, pourrait voir ses exportations perturbées, affectant les marchés mondiaux. Humainement, une escalade aggraverait la crise migratoire, avec déjà des millions de Vénézuéliens fuyant la pauvreté et la répression.
Des parallèles avec d'autres interventions de Trump, comme contre l'État islamique, suggèrent une préférence pour la force brute. Mais comme le note Erik Prince, fondateur de Blackwater, dans des contextes similaires, cela pourrait ouvrir la porte à des mercenaires privés, compliquant encore le paysage.
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You may have landed here because you want to talk about neo-Nazis without helping them. Excellent.
You may have landed here because you want to talk about neo-Nazis without helping them. Excellent.
You have an important role in combatting the rise of these groups. You must remember at all times – however they present themselves – the underlying ideology of all neo-Nazis is murderous.
Remember: They are a cult that want journalists to help launder their image and legitimise their movement and beliefs.
Above all – don't be fooled
Neo-Nazis look “normal”. They have families, friends, work colleagues. They shop at the same places you do. They go to the gym. They go to university. They work on building sites and in offices. They have respectable careers. This isn't “Romper Stomper” – most do not have shaved heads, swastika tattoos and broken teeth.
Don't be fooled.
Remember: All neo-Nazis share the same murderous beliefs. They want an extremely conservative white-only Australia. Anyone else “must go,” a euphemism that oscillates between deportation and mass murder. Never lose sight of that.
1. Do not assist their media strategy.
Neo-Nazis have a simple strategy when it comes to media:
If they can't get an opportunity to appear in the media, they create one.
They perform public stunts to create opportunities. They confect outrage (singing “Waltzing Matilda” in Adelaide on Australia Day, pretending to be “regular blokes” getting kicked out of the Shrine of Remembrance etc).
They revel in and celebrate the attention they receive whether it is positive or negative. They do this because reporting on their actions almost always leads to more support for them. That's why you're here and that's why this guide exists.
The attention is all they are after.
That doesn't mean “Don't report on them.” It means “Don't do their dirty work for them.” The rest of this guide will show you how to best do that.
2. Ask yourself: what is the story they do not want me to tell?
The best way to answer this question is to ask “What is the story they do want me to tell?“, which are stories like:
Scary black masked militants – this makes them look competent and scary
“We represent fed-up mums and dads” – this legitimises their views
“We're just everyday Australians”
Their latest shocking pamphlet – this advertises their group, views and operations
Their most recent stunt – this advertises their group, views and operations
How the curious can contact them and join their group – mentioning their Telegram presence helps increase their membership
Free speech issues (for the white man only) – this legitimises their views
How to donate to their cause through crowdfunding
These groups are deeply invested in reputation management and “optics” and they want to recruit journalists to help them.
Neo-Nazis hate being embarrassed and made to look weak, so instead, tell these stories:
Grooming of children and young adults under 18
The role of women in their groups (vehicles for breeding, isolation from their families, financial coercion and other tell-tale signs of family violence)
The wedge they drive between recruits and their families
Their desire to marry minors (leader Joel Davis says marrying 14 year old girls should be legal)
That despite the surge in media reporting on antisemitic incidents, neo-Nazis get very little coverage in the media
Their cult-like structure and tendencies (membership fees, pledges, 'tiers' of membership, rituals, banning of certain behaviours)
The ways their adherence to these beliefs and involvement in the movement negatively impacts their position and standing in their families, workplaces and wider community
That there are credible threats of violence made by these groups
That they have links to extremist groups overseas
Quote their racist chants and comments from protests – display their actual rhetoric, not their polished media answers.
Report on Jacob Hersant's father working for Israeli Defense Force contractors
Report on them 'running away' at protests – make them look weak
Report on police 'protecting them' from other groups at protests – make them look weak
Report extensively on previous legal troubles by members
Interview their parents – many of them are young and still live at home
Remember: These are not “One Nation”-era racists. They are not complete idiots. They aren't upset about “Cheer” cheese. They understand they can gain power and influence and are willing to exploit opportunities to do so. Do not help them.
3. Do not interview them.
We understand interviews are handy filler on tight deadlines and the desire to 'get the story from both sides' – but it actively makes things worse.
There is no gotcha. There is no smoking gun. There is no nuance. Even if you 'control the narrative', they still win. They will clip their interview and use it to generate more support and make themselves out to be heroes fighting against the “Jewish media”
They are well-practiced in making themselves look polished and reasonable. They couch their extremist ideas in 'acceptable' talking points around immigration and the like.
Remember: By interviewing them you are giving them a stage and a megaphone for their message. You can't win.
4. Blur their banners and their flags. Do not advertise for them. Recognise their euphemisms.
Ask your photogs to blur out banner messaging.
Do not report their presence on Telegram or other social media – it makes it easy for 'interested' parties to find and join their group.
Do not name the organisation if at all possible. Instead use generic names “right-wing extremist group”, “neo-Nazi organisation” etc.
When they say “Mass deportations now” they don't just mean recent migrants. They mean every one of their perceived enemies. When they say “Australia for the white man. Everyone else must go” – they don't mean on holiday. They mean 'by any means necessary up to and including death'.
5. Call a spade a spade
When it looks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, it's a duck.
Neo-Nazi and other right-wing groups realised they had more success when they minimise the “unpalatable” parts of their ideology. They may disavow Nazism and fascism, but they do not mean it. They may couch their 'ideas' in more palatable terms or with more palatable movements (ie they try to present themselves as being supportive of Australia's war dead) – but they are still the same murderous ideas at heart.
Call them what they are. Neo-Nazis. Right-wing extremists. Violent racists. Failures.
6. Do not denigrate anti-Nazi/anti-fascist responses.
There is no equivalence between neo-Nazis and anti-fascists. They are not 'two sides of the same coin'.
Virtually everything Australian journalists know about Nazi groups comes from anti-fascist researchers and organisers.
Anti-fascists have consistently shown up with limited resources to respond to these threats. They are groups and individuals helping Australians understand and identify the threat posed by neo-Nazis.
Despite being hung out to dry by the media on many occasions, anti-fascists continue to help the media. Support them, don't denigrate their efforts.
7. Do not look to laws and police as the (only) solutions
Increasing police presence and enacting more laws is largely ineffective.
Legislation is not agile enough to keep up in the digital age.
Police are unable or unwilling to utilise laws already in place against these groups. New laws don't change that.
Symbols bans just cause these groups to find new symbols. For instance, while the Swastika is banned, the symbol the NSN use for their Victorian branch logo is a questionably-legal single lightning bolt, taken from the Nazi SS insignia, and the notched shield of the Waffen SS Panzer division. If that's banned, it will become something else.
Anti-hate laws are rarely prosecuted and if they are, it's for straight-forward cases. When cases do proceed to trial, the judicial system seems unaware of, or downplays the role of ideology as motivation for the crime. More laws aren't the answer. Court appearances serve as advertising for the groups, too.
De-radicalisation programs are under-funded, under-resourced and run by people who aren't qualified to run them. Parents are advised to report to the National Security Hotline, which takes a heavy handed approach. Police seem more interested in gaining intelligence from young members rather than helping them to escape their situation.
8. Community is the answer to neo-Nazi threats
Communities have the ability and responsibility to respond to neo-Nazis, but they need your help.
Talk about:
The lack of resources available to families whose children have fallen prey to the grooming tactics of neo-Nazi groups
The unclear pathways for people seeking help – current advice is to report to the “National Security Hotline”
The lack of resources for communities in combatting neo-Nazi groups
The impact of neo-Nazi groups on communities
The imbalance in how some groups are demonised for 'antisemitism' while literal neo-Nazis pass by unscathed
Identify and name the reasons fascism emerges – anti-immigration rhetoric from politicians, economic conditions, wishy-washy responses to racist behaviours etc
Encourage targets to stand together. An anti-immigration stunt by neo-Nazis is also an anti-LGBTIQA+ stunt. It's also an antisemitic stunt. It's also an misogynistic stunt. It's also an anti-disability stunt.
9. Ensure safety
Your sources, their families and friends, may be victims and survivors of cultish reputation management. By speaking openly your sources chose courage over fear, but they are vulnerable to harassment campaigns and violent attacks. Make sure they are prepared appropriately.
You and your sources should:
Consider your safety BEFORE things go too far along
Lock down your social media accounts.
Staying off social media after a publication goes live
Plan for them to come for you and your identity (ie doxxing).
Make sure everyone involved understands the risks
Consider concealing identities. A 'pseudonym' is not enough.
Have safety plans in place for all phases of your reporting:
Safe houses or a plan to 'get away' for a few weeks
Security details
Mental health support
Further resources:
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Whitney Phillips' 2018 report “The Oxygen of Amplification” examines how news media inadvertently amplifies extremist messages by reporting on them. Through interviews with journalists, the report reveals the struggle to balance informing the public with the risk of normalizing harmful ideologies. Phillips identifies “information laundering” tactics used to spread radical content and proposes “better practices” for journalists to minimize manipulation and harm. Ultimately, the report highlights the need for journalists to adapt their strategies in the evolving digital landscape to combat the spread of extremism.
Online Harassment Field Manual Whether you’re experiencing or witnessing online abuse, this Field Manual offers concrete strategies for how to defend yourself and others. We wrote this guidance with and for those disproportionately impacted by online abuse: writers, journalists, artists, and activists who identify as women, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA+. Whatever your identity or vocation, anyone active online will find useful tools and resources here for navigating online abuse and tightening digital safety.
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
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