🇻🇪 Venezuela Intervention: Political Compass

3-Axis Positioning of News Outlets on January 2026 Coverage

← Left
Economic

Right →
Economic

Conservative ↑
Social

↓ Progressive
Social

📍 Outlet Legend

🇺🇸 U.S. Outlets

Jacobin -1.1

The Intercept -1.0

Al Jazeera -0.8

Huffpost -0.6

Npr -0.4

New York Times -0.3

Cnn -0.3

Bbc -0.2

Associated Press -0.2

Cnbc +0.4

Wall Street Journal +0.4

Daily Wire +0.6

Fox News +0.8

Breitbart +0.8

🌎 Latin American Outlets

Telesur -1.3

Cubadebate -1.3

Brasil De Fato -1.1

Pagina12 -1.0

La Jornada -0.9

Cnn Brasil -0.3

Folha -0.3

Infobae +0.4

La Nacion +0.5

Point opacity indicates Establishment axis:
Brighter = more elite/institutional
Dimmer = more populist/anti-establishment

📊 The Three Axes Explained

Economic Axis

How does the outlet frame the economic dimensions of intervention?

← Anti-imperial, anti-capitalist extraction Pro-market, oil development →

Establishment Axis

How does the outlet view U.S. institutional legitimacy?

← Skeptical of U.S. power projection Trust in foreign policy establishment →

📋 Full Position Data

Outlet	Region	Political Lean	Economic	Social	Establishment
Telesur	Venezuela	state-left	-1.27	-0.56	-0.85
Cubadebate	Cuba	state-left	-1.25	-0.54	-0.81
Jacobin	USA	far-left	-1.10	-0.47	-0.72
Brasil De Fato	Brazil	left	-1.09	-0.47	-0.72
Pagina12	Argentina	left	-1.02	-0.44	-0.66
The Intercept	USA	left	-0.96	-0.41	-0.62
La Jornada	Mexico	left	-0.95	-0.39	-0.61
Al Jazeera	USA	international	-0.75	-0.34	-0.56
Huffpost	USA	left	-0.63	-0.26	-0.40
Npr	USA	center-left	-0.43	-0.18	-0.29
Cnn Brasil	Brazil	center	-0.33	-0.14	-0.23
New York Times	USA	center-left	-0.30	-0.10	-0.18
Folha	Brazil	center	-0.29	-0.10	-0.17
Cnn	USA	center-left	-0.29	-0.12	-0.10
Bbc	USA	center	-0.23	-0.10	-0.19
Associated Press	USA	center	-0.16	-0.02	-0.09
Infobae	Argentina	center	+0.35	+0.19	+0.23
Cnbc	USA	center	+0.38	+0.13	+0.30
Wall Street Journal	USA	center-right	+0.44	+0.20	+0.38
La Nacion	Argentina	center-right	+0.48	+0.25	+0.32
Daily Wire	USA	right	+0.59	+0.30	+0.44
Fox News	USA	right	+0.80	+0.38	+0.59
Breitbart	USA	far-right	+0.81	+0.42	+0.61

🔍 Key Findings

Clear Economic Divide: Left outlets (Jacobin, Página/12, Brasil de Fato) cluster in anti-extraction frame; right outlets (Fox, Breitbart) frame intervention as economic development opportunity.
Latin American Polarization: LatAm coverage is more polarized than US coverage—outlets like La Jornada and Cubadebate occupy extreme anti-intervention positions, while La Nación and Infobae align with US right-of-center framing.
Establishment Variation: Fox News and Breitbart show unexpected pattern—supportive of intervention but populist/anti-establishment in framing (disrupting status quo). Mainstream outlets (NYT, BBC) are critical but establishment-trusting.
State Media Outliers: Cubadebate and Telesur occupy extreme positions on all three axes—maximally left, maximally progressive, minimally establishment-trusting.
Social Axis Convergence: Less spread on social axis than economic—most outlets don't frame this as primarily a cultural/values issue but rather economic and geopolitical.
The Wire Services: AP and Reuters cluster near center, validating their role as relatively neutral sources, though both lean slightly critical on economic framing.