@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-13 15:00:34
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-13 15:00:34
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-14 16:44:49
From Venezuela to Iran, Trump shows 'how weak Russia really is,' ex-US envoy says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/from-venezuela-to-iran-trump.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-13 15:40:07
As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
…
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk2025-12-13 13:36:27
#China shows support for #Trump view of regional powers. The USA can have #venezuela. Presumably the quid pro quo is that China gets
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-13 18:46:02
Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/americas/venezuela-cuba-oil-tanker.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p41#a251213p41
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-11-14 00:18:10
the Question I have will be this:
Will Venezuela try to quickly procure #RussiaUkraineWar inspired military drone materiel (ie. cheap, numerous) beforehand to use in defense... and is the American war machine, particularly the Navy, ready for that?
Don't be too surprised if at the start of things Venezuela pulls off some surprisingly destructive actions not unlike Argentina vs UK in the Falklands with French exocets.
#war #theAmericanFascist
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-15 01:34:13
'Blindly Endorsing' Trump Crimes, Senate GOP Kills Venezuela War Powers Bill | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-venezuela-war-powers
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-12 14:07:44
"As per Trumpian fantasy, the ringleader of the narco-terror operation is none other than Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro himself.
"Never mind that Venezuela has approximately zero to do with drugs entering the US and doesn’t even produce fentanyl."
The US is already at war with Venezuela | Donald Trump | Al Jazeera
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-01-12 05:55:12
Hoe Nederland met vier oorlogsschepen een presidentswissel in Venezuela afdwong | de Volkskrant
#Venezuela
@holger_moller@bildung.social2026-01-14 11:59:06
"Recht besteht aus einer Reihe von Vereinbarungen, die der Fähigkeit der Starken, die Schwachen zu dominieren, des Staates, den Einzelnen zu dominieren, und der Mehrheit, die Minderheit zu dominieren, Grenzen setzen."
#Zitate
Charles Eisenstein
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2025-12-12 18:50:20
Now that the US has created a de facto war with Venezuela I am wondering whether Venezuela or its proxies will engage the US on a military basis. Not that they will "win", but they can do a lot of damage.
For instance, is Air Force One immune to attacks that Venezuela might launch? I doubt that it is.
And are US gov't officials and resources, anywhere in the world, now legitimate war targets? I think they might be.
And I wonder whether this might mean that …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-15 02:55:34
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force aircraft (Associated Press)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/14/politics/jetblue-venezuela-us-air-force
http://www.memeorandum.com/251214/p52#a251214p52
@nemobis@mamot.fr2025-12-11 07:48:26
Piracy is cool and normal now.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-admin-seizes-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast-reports
"You wouldn't download a tanker"?
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-12 16:12:21
Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela
after CEO calls country ‘uninvestable’
Trump says the company is
'playing too cute’
after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment
after deposing Nicolšs Maduro
https://www.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-11-14 08:43:13
I am wondering whether Venezuela will even activate it's airdefenses if the US strikes. The risk is ofcourse that the US will destroy them. Or will destroy the US their S-300 installations anyway?
Those S-300 are probably the only thing they worry about. Also it is highly likely standoff weapons will be used.
https://
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-09 20:26:03
A man blinded by greed, drunk on oil, hungry for more, deaf to the cost.
#Venezuela
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-12 18:05:42
NYT editor Joe Kahn says the paper didn't withhold a story on the US plan to capture Nicolšs Maduro at Trump administration's request, citing unverified details (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-13 16:41:03
U.S. unseals warrant behind oil tanker seizure near Venezuela (Lauren Floyd/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/13/venezuela-oil-tanker-seizure-warrant
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p29#a251213p29
@lpryszcz@genomic.social2025-12-11 17:39:36
@StephenRees@mas.to2025-12-12 17:31:17
From David Suzuki
Science Matters - U.S. actions near Venezuela portend an oily catastrophe
Canada’s government has been silent about the United States killing people on boats off the Venezuela coast. Whether or not the boats were being used to transport drugs (and there’s no evidence they were), these appalling acts have been labelled “war crimes” — or “murders,” since no war has been officially declared… yet.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-05 06:26:00
Nach Ergreifung von Maduro: SpaceX macht Starlink in Venezuela kostenfrei
Wegen US-Sanktionen war Starlink in Venezuela bislang nicht legal nutzbar. Nach der Ergreifung des Präsidenten durch das US-Militär ist der Dienst kostenfrei.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-05 04:10:25
Starlink says it is providing free broadband service to new and existing customers in Venezuela through February 3, 2026 (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-free-internet-venezuela-us-raid-maduro.h…
@funkvolk@mastodon.social2026-01-10 13:47:06
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-12 18:25:10
He'll probably get that Peace Prize next year.
The List of Countries Trump Is Threatening With War Keeps Growing
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/06/trump-wars-venezuela-colombia-cuba-iran/
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-01-07 21:21:44
Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/trump-venezuela-oil-climate-crisis
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-06 06:23:42
Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/europe-venezuela-donald-trump-vladimir-putin?CMP=Share_Android…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-13 20:06:03
Cuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela's coast as 'piracy' (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/13/cuba-denounces-us-seizure-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p44#a251213p44
@kctipton@mas.to2026-01-14 14:29:42
Trump’s hall of mirrors presidency - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/13/trumps-hall-of-mirrors-p…
@MolemanPeter@neuromatch.social2026-01-09 11:28:28
@lilmikesf@c.im2026-01-12 16:53:14
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-12 04:51:05
"the oil companies that are considering investing in Trump's Venezuela could meet a similar fate as the companies that supported Hitler's Nazi regime; those businesses suffered for decades after the war ended."
'Better think twice': Analyst reveals why Big Oil is hesitant about Trump's Venezuela - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-venezuela-2674873503/
@joxean@mastodon.social2026-01-06 10:55:18
Trump is, officially, the dictator of Venezuela.
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-06/trump-clarifies-who-is-ultimately-in-charge-in-venezuela-me.html
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-01-04 08:38:24
Content warning: US Pol Venezuela invasion
Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/is-there-any-legal-justification-for-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-trump-maduro?
Conclusion: no
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-12-12 00:30:26
#Trump is desperate to take America to #war. He thinks he can make up a war with #Venezuela. Why?
▫️The racist thinks he can deport any Latino, citizen or not, via the Alien Enemies Act while at war<…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-01-08 12:33:59
Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/cloudflare_venezuela_bgp_attack_theory/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-04 10:04:55
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
“Almost every country in the region has experienced some form of US intervention, overt or covert, in the past decades.”
https://www.theguardian…
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-01-07 12:58:14
Trumps völkerrechtswidriger Überfall auf Venezuela. Von Jürgen Klute.
#venzuela
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-11-14 00:13:06
you don't move your newest and most powerful aircraft carrier into a completely new theatre for sh-ts and giggles folks.
There will be a major operation against Venezuela likely with an attempt to install a USA friendly regime
#war #theAmericanFascist
https://flipboard.com/@cnn/politics-17jf08kfz/-/a-nuJl8CjCQxKIDcpPjUUR3Q:a:132361178-/0
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-14 18:35:31
María Corina Machado says "I absolutely support President Trump's strategy" on Venezuela (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-corina-machado-trumps-strategy-venezuela/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251214/p33#a251214p33
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-13 20:33:26
Twee weken later, regime van Maduro is nog steeds aan de macht, nog meer onderdrukking en minder vrijheid, VS heeft geen controle op de situatie in Venezuela. Goed voor diverse opleidingen als voorbeeld van een militiar tactisch groot succes (ontvoering Maduro) en een strategische mislukking
@nohillside@smnn.ch2026-01-12 16:56:30
„… Venezuela. It’s amazing, if you think about it: Trump launched a war for oil without talking to the oil companies first.“
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ignominious-death-of-drill-baby
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-12 23:21:06
Darren Woods is known mostly as the chairman of ExxonMobil,
the largest U.S. oil company.
On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon:
"#Uninvestible."
That's how Woods described Venezuela
—more specifically, Venezuela's oil industry.
His remark came during a meeting of s…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-12 09:13:02
Divisions and disarray among the extreme right over the US attack on Venezuela: some pro-Trrumpism, some emphasise national sovereignty as sacred above all, and some closer to Russia.
La extrema derecha no sabe cómo colocarse ante la agresión de Trump en Venezuela y el imperialismo de EEUU.
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-09 00:54:54
Syria and Venezuela - without dictators, Russia - without friends! How the US knocks out Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/syria-and-venezuela-without-dictators.html
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-14 04:03:15
Leaked classified DOJ memo claims Trump immune to all laws in capturing Maduro - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-maduro-venezuela-2674880257/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-10 22:16:05
A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currenci…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-13 02:36:41
Scarcely a week ago, U.S. warplanes and drones were streaking across the Caracas night sky to deliver a swift end to the reign of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolšs Maduro.
The extraordinary display of kinetic violence delivered a stunning reminder about the reach of the world’s most powerful military—and symbolized the start of a new chapter for the man who commands it.
Donald Trump has been emboldened.
The president and his advisers believe that the strike both reignited …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-15 05:01:00
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows (Riley Mellen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/world/americas/jetblue-venezuela-midair-collision-us-air-force.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p1#a251215p1
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-07 12:55:45
The new Pentagon press corps, comprising many right-wing influencers, had no scoops about the Venezuela raid, choosing to praise the event instead of probing it (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/07/pentagon-press-hegseth-ve…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-08 21:37:38
ABYSS FOR DICTATORSHIP! 📉 Venezuela free: why Maduro's fall became Putin's personal catastrophe?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/abyss-for-dictatorship-venezuela-free.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-10 13:02:34
It's kind of funny that Trump thinks he controls Venezuela with almost no Americans on the ground, even not an embassy and with the original regime (except Maduro) in place. It is a fantasy. Also oil companies don't really want to invest. Even if they do, it will take many years to make it work.
#venezuela
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-14 04:17:54
Shades of John Yoo:
Leaked classified DOJ memo claims Trump immune to all laws in capturing Maduro - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-maduro-venezuela-2674880257/
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-14 09:09:01
Say no to intervention in Cuba and Latin America. Sign the urgent call for Peace and Sovereignty today! #Cuba
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-13 01:05:54
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-12 18:40:55
Arrival of U.S.'s Largest Warship Ratchets Up Pressure on Venezuela (Michael R. Gordon/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/arrival-of-u-s-s-largest-warship-ratchets-up-pressure-on-venezuela-b520463e?st=n8scHU
http://www.memeorandum.com/251112/p79#a251112p79
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-12 04:35:56
‘No More Blood for Oil’: Global Labor Movement Opposes Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela | Portside
https://portside.org/2026-01-11/no-more-blood-oil-global-labor-movement-opposes-trumps-attacks-venezuela
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-10 03:53:53
The methane menace
Oil executives weighing a potential investment in #Venezuela’s fields may want to check out the view from space.
Satellites have detected enormous amounts of #methane billowing from the country’s abandoned oil rigs,
rusty pipelines and other dilapidated energy infrastructure.
…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-06 22:05:42
Venezuela's union representing press workers said at least 14 were detained on Monday, including 13 from international media organizations; one was deported (Sibylla Brodzinsky/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-11-30 12:20:03
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-05 13:12:04
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-12 20:31:03
Trump wants Venezuela's oil — markets may not care: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/12/trump-wants-venezuelas-oil-markets.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-14 19:29:24
Britain has quietly suspended intelligence cooperation with the US in the Caribbean
because London does not consider the deadly US military campaign against ships accused of drug trafficking to be in line with international law.
That amounts to an extraordinary open fissure in a close working relationship
at a time when the US is increasing its military buildup,
expanding its controversial campaign in the region with an attempt to threaten Venezuela.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-03 20:25:49
Sources: Tony Dokoupil will begin anchoring CBS Evening News Saturday night, two days early, amid US military action in Venezuela (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-early-venezuela-1236622872/<…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-14 04:55:49
Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/venezeula-american-detainees-released-43f779bfccc1c5df98780938a30a3417
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p178#a260113p178
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-11 02:40:18
The United States has urged its citizens to 👉leave Venezuela immediately
amid reports that ⚠️armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens,
one week after the capture of the South American country’s president, Nicolšs Maduro.
In a security alert sent out on Saturday,
the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias,
known as #colectivos
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-07 19:32:08
How Venezuela crisis will impact Russia’s influence in the world: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/07/how-venezuela-crisis-will-impact.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 15:25:36
Iraq War critic, Venezuela mission defender: Vance's foreign policy journey (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/11/jd-vance-venezuela-america-first/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p22#a260111p22
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-09 02:56:01
On Dec. 6, people across the United States marched.
They protested.
They carried banners:
No war on Venezuela.
No blood for oil.
US hands off Venezuela.
They chanted and waved Venezuelan flags.
Trump says he’s coming to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
-- He’s promised it’s only a matter of time.
The United States has amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
But accordi…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-12 04:27:28
Trump posts picture of himself as ‘Acting President of Venezuela’ | Today News
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/trump-posts-picture-of-himself-as-acting-president-of-venezuela-11768182741051.html
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-06 20:01:27
Tres elementos para entender lo que pasa en Venezuela – Por Matías Caciabue – NODAL
https://www.nodal.am/2026/01/tres-elementos-para-entender-lo-que-pasa-en-venezuela-por-matias-caciabue/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-11 18:30:58
Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/venezuela-maduro-sanctions-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p66#a251211p66
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-09 17:03:12
Trump says Venezuela can’t have elections before US rebuilds
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5681435-trump-venezuela-election-rebuild-maduro-ouster/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-12 04:05:37
Trump 'Inclined' to Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela (Annie Linskey/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-inclined-to-keep-exxon-out-of-venezuela-39ea78c7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p84#a260111p84
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-07 11:56:33
Guardian repeats story that Venezuela's oil production low due to corruption and lack of investment.
Actually, the Maracaibo basin is beyond peak extraction so costs rising. And Orinoco oil is heavy, tarry, and hard to get (deep under the rainforest).
Of course the blockade is also part of the reason, and maybe flight of technical staff.
Oil prices fall after Trump says Venezuela will send up to 50m barrels to US | Oil | The Guardian
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-11 14:53:47
US lawmakers voice concerns about Venezuelan tanker seizure:
‘sounds a lot like the beginning of a war’
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia,
the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, questioned how the US was able to seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday
but “not a drug boat”
– referring to the suspected
drug-trafficking vessel that was the target of the 2 September double-tap strike.
Warner has been part of the choru…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 17:30:36
US warns Americans to leave Venezuela immediately as armed militias set up roadblocks (Jasmine Baehr/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-warns-americans-leave-venezuela-immediately-armed-militias-set-up-roadblocks.amp
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p34#a260111p34
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-10 01:24:09
Progressives Say 'No Taxpayer Subsidies' as Big Oil Balks at Trump's Call to Invest in Venezuela | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-big-oil-venezuela
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 21:01:03
Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get 'Oil or Money' From Venezuela (Katie Rogers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/trump-venezuela-oil-cuba.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p58#a260111p58
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-04 15:56:01
Emergency Protest Manchester: No War on Venezuela | Stop the War
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/emergency-protest-manchester-no-war-on-venezuela/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-12 03:05:35
Trump Says He's Inclined to Exclude Exxon From Venezuela (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/trump-says-he-s-inclined-to-keep-exxon-out-of-venezuela-plans
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p81#a260111p81
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-07 01:20:53
US Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/senate-trump-venezuela?…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-12 01:35:33
Trump 'inclined' to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/trump-inclined-to-keep-exxonmobil-out-of-venezuela-after-ceo-response-at-white-house-meeting-00721688
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p77#a260111p77
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-07 15:34:06
#piracy
US military seizes Venezuela-linked Russian oil tanker | Oil and Gas News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/7/us
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-11 21:36:01
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/world/americas/maria-corina-machado-nobel-venezuela-maduro-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.qNWL.DJ0f3WwW_ISp&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p115#a251211p115
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-05 13:21:55
Weak signals of the Venezuela war - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-01-05/weak-signals-of-the-venezuela-war/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-11 22:50:49
Aircraft Carrier Moves Into the Caribbean as U.S. Confronts Venezuela (Eric Schmitt/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/us/politics/aircraft-carrier-moves-into-the-caribbean-as-us-confronts-venezuela.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p92#a251111p92
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 17:46:49
Trump has made various comments during this news conference showing that this military operation was at least in part about gaining more access to oil in Venezuela.
Asked about the potential presence of U.S. forces in Venezuela, Trump said that there would be a “presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil.”
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-12 22:35:57
U.S. allies begin to push back on Trump's Caribbean military strikes (Adam Taylor/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/g-7-rubio-drug-boats-venezuela/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYyOTIzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MzA1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI5MjM2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZiZDMwMjlkLWIxZWEtNDQ4NS1hYTY5LTBlMDNhZGE5YTAwZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzExLzEyL2ctNy1ydWJpby1kcnVnLWJvYXRzLXZlbmV6dWVsYS8ifQ.1EqGBubh57ps_hPXZArYkghh_r3jvCUc_odF5VuRVaw&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251112/p130#a251112p130
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-11 05:10:27
Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors,
framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/10/trump-venezuela-oil-natio…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 21:19:11
Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets.
But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven reserves of crude,
and officials didn’t kick them out of the country.
“Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,”
said Francisco Rodríguez, a Venezuelan economist at the University of Denver
Here’s the history.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 05:35:52
US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries (Tom Phillips/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/10/us-citizens-venezuela-paramilitaries
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p1#a260111p1
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 16:25:36
New year's blitz reveals Trump's limitless view of power (Zachary Basu/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/11/trump-news-power-venezuela-minnesota
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p27#a260111p27
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 15:20:37
Trump threatens Cuba: Negotiate "BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE" (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/11/trump-cuba-threat-maduro-venezuela-oil
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p18#a260111p18
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-11 21:15:34
Trump now a tyrant restrained only by 'my own morality.' We stop him with our own. (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-powers-venezuela-ice-shooting-20260111.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p59#a260111p59
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-11 14:55:58
Trump's Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies (Mona Charen/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-deportations-are-ripping-mothers-babies-venezuela-el-salvador-cecot-immigration?triedRedirect=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p29#a251211p29
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-10 00:05:58
Exxon CEO calls Venezuela 'uninvestable' without 'significant changes' (Evan Halper/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/09/trump-oil-executives-venezuela-exxon/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p131#a260109p131
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 19:05:56
Introducing The East Venezuela Texas Tea Company (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money-capital-risk/2026/01/09/introducing-the-east-venezuela-texas-tea-company-00718187
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p77#a260109p77
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 22:55:59
Trump dials Collins with 'profanity-laced rant' over Venezuela war powers vote (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5682106-trump-collins-call-venezuela-vote/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p116#a260109p116
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 18:25:56
Trump says oil companies pledge to spend $100B in Venezuela (James Bikales/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/oil-companies-pledge-to-spend-100b-in-venezuela-trump-says-00718452
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p70#a260109p70
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 14:01:29
Trump announces cancellation of 'second wave of attacks' on Venezuela (Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4412584/trump-announces-cancellation-of-second-wave-of-attacks-on-venezuela/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p27#a260109p27