Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

[hussain0216]

Why some people can’t shut their mouth? Why provoke Trump? That’s dumb.

Because not everyone wants to live like a coward under the yoke of a rogue nation who can turn on you at any moment

 

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International reaction

Global reaction has been sharply divided. Russia, China and leftist allies of Venezuela condemned the US raid, while Cuba—long rumored to oversee Maduro’s security—said 32 of its military and intelligence personnel were killed during the operation.

Washington’s allies, many of whom do not recognize Maduro due to allegations of election fraud, responded more cautiously, calling for dialogue and adherence to international law.

“Judging by the reactions from European leaders to date, I suspect that US allies will equivocate exquisitely in the Security Council,” said Richard Gowan, an analyst at the International Crisis Group.

Switzerland announced it had frozen assets held by Maduro and his associates.

 

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Maduro held in notorious jail

Maduro, a former bus driver, union leader and foreign minister handpicked by Hugo Chavez to succeed him in 2013, is expected to be held at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Inmates there are typically confined to their cells for 23 hours a day.

The facility has previously housed Ghislaine Maxwell, associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted on drug charges before receiving a presidential pardon, was also detained there.

Trump has justified Maduro’s capture as a response to a surge in Venezuelan migration and to decades-old nationalization of US oil assets.

“We’re taking back what they stole,” Trump said on Sunday. “U.S. oil companies will return to Venezuela. We’re in charge.”

 

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Venezuelans uneasy about future

Inside Venezuela, opposition supporters have tempered celebrations as Maduro’s allies remain in power and there are no signs the military is breaking ranks. Many Venezuelans have begun stockpiling food and medicine amid fears of instability.

Financial markets reacted sharply. Venezuela’s defaulted government bonds surged, oil prices edged higher and global equities rose, with defense stocks gaining as geopolitical concerns intensified.

Trump has dismissed the idea of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado assuming power, saying she lacks sufficient support. Machado, barred from the 2024 election, has said her ally Edmundo Gonzalez won decisively and holds a mandate to rule.

The raid has also sparked political backlash in the United States, with opposition Democrats saying they were misled. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was scheduled to brief lawmakers later on Monday.

While some conservative figures criticized the operation as contradicting Trump’s “America First” pledge, most supporters praised it as a swift and decisive victory.

Venezuela moves to cut oil output due to US export embargo

 

[Viet]

Because not everyone wants to live like a coward under the yoke of a rogue nation who can turn on you at any moment

Tough talk is cheap and dangerous. You develop nukes then you talk. Not the other way around. Like North Korea.

 

[ghazi52]

Caracas is in political crisis under an interim government after President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces on Saturday. Oil exports, Venezuela’s main source of revenue, have come to a standstill following a US blockade on tankers under sanctions and the seizure of two oil cargoes last month.

Cargoes operated by Chevron and bound for the United States had been an exception because the company holds a license from Washington. However, shipping data showed on Sunday that even those movements stopped on Thursday.

As part of his announcement of Maduro’s detention and a US-overseen government transition, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that an “oil embargo” on Venezuela was fully in force.

PDVSA’s response includes shutting down oilfields and well clusters as onshore stocks mount and the company runs short of diluents needed to blend Venezuela’s heavy crude for export. According to sources, PDVSA has requested output cuts at joint ventures including China National Petroleum Corporation’s (CNPC) Petrolera Sinovensa, Chevron’s Petropiar and Petroboscan, and Petromonagas. Petromangas, previously operated with Russia’s Roszarubezhneft, is now run solely by PDVSA.

 

[Mehdipersian]

does that mean if some section of Iran was dominated by people speaking a different language Iran should give up the land.

Tell me, why did you attack a country to stole their oil?

Is the American nation a nation of thieves and terrorists that you did this?

 

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The wells could be reconnected quickly if conditions improve, a source said. Part of Sinovensa’s output is typically shipped to China as debt repayment, but two China-flagged supertankers that had been heading to Venezuela halted their approach at the end of December, according to LSEG shipping data.

At Petromonagas, workers began reducing output late last week until diluent supplies resume through pipelines, another source said.

Chevron has not yet cut output, as it still has some storage capacity—particularly at Petropiar—and tankers continue to load. However, Chevron vessels have not left Venezuelan waters since Thursday, and limited storage at Petroboscan could eventually force production cuts, a source added.

 

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[ghazi52]

Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court​

Grace Eliza Goodwin
BBC

Reuters

Donald Trump has warned Venezuela's new leader Delcy Rodríguez she could "pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro" if she "doesn't do what's right".

His comments to US magazine The Atlantic came as the country's deposed president Nicolás Maduro was set to appear in a New York court on Monday.

The US accuses Maduro, who is charged with drug trafficking and weapons offences, of running a "narco-terrorist" regime, a claim he denies.

Rodríguez - who served as Maduro's vice president - adopted a conciliatory tone at her first cabinet meeting on Sunday, offering co-operation with the US.
"We invite the US government to collaborate with us on an agenda of co-operation orientated towards shared development within the framework of international law," she said.

Backed by Venezuela's Supreme Court and the military, she will be sworn in as president on Monday in Caracas, at 08:00 local time (12:00 GMT).

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has insisted the US is not at war with Venezuela, after air strikes in Caracas on Saturday led to Maduro and his wife being taken into custody and transported to the US.

 

[hussain0216]

Tough talk is cheap and dangerous. You develop nukes then you talk. Not the other way around. Like North Korea.

Right is right

People don't want their country or people to be humiliated by foreign powers, whether they themselves are weak or strong

In the Vietnam war there were two types of Vietnamese

One type stood up to the U.S regardless of death and cost and fought back

The other type of Vietnamese, watched as millions of Vietnamese women became whores for U.S soldiers


What's better

 

[hasssanali8998]

Senator Graham: To our Cuban friends in Florida… the liberation of your homeland is close

does seem to be stopping anytime soon .

 

[ghazi52]

Rodríguez praises Maduro and his wife as 'heroes' during swearing-in ceremony

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Image source,AFP via Getty Images

We can now bring you a little more on Delcy Rodríguez being sworn in as interim president of Venezuela.

She was sworn in by her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, who is president of the country's National Assembly.

During the ceremony, she said she came to take the oath of office "with pain because of the suffering that has been caused to the Venezuelan people after an illegitimate military aggression against our homeland".

She referred to Maduro and his wife as "two heroes" and vowed to guarantee the peace of the country, "the spiritual tranquillity of our people, the economic and social tranquillity of our people".

The 56-year-old is an ally of Maduro and served as vice president from 2018. She has also held the job of Venezuela's economy and finance minister.

 

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Support for Maduro at Caracas National Assembly meeting
BBC​

As we've just reported, Delcy Rodríguez has just been officially sworn in as Venezuela's interim president at a meeting of the country's National Assembly in Caracas.

Earlier in the session, deputies were seen chanting "Vamos Nico" ["let's go Nico!"] in support of Maduro, the AFP news agency reported.

The assembly also gave a standing ovation when the empty seat of Muduro's wife, Cilia Flores, was gestured to.

The assembly heard from Maduro's son who expressed his support for them - saying that they "will return" to Venezuela.

He further offered his "unconditional support" to Rodríguez.

"Count on me. Count on my family," he said to her.

 

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Summary​

• Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro says "I am still president" as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in his first appearance at a New York court
• He and his wife Cilia Flores were seized from their Caracas compound on Saturday and flown to the US as part of a special forces operation - here's what happened
• Today's hearing ended with a tense exchange between a member of the public and Maduro, who said he was a "prisoner of war", our reporter in court says
• Outside, protesters have been gathering, with some brandishing placards - one reads "USA Hands-off Venezuela", while another says "Thank You President Trump"