Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

[The SC]

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[Khansaheeb]

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No one should be mistaken: Venezuela has not fallen, and it is definitely not ruled by the hated US.

What we're witnessing now is a huge and coordinated psyop to make Venezuelans feel hopeless and lost.

But the fate of your country, dear people of Venezuela, is still firmly in your hands.

American soldiers are not patrolling your streets. They can't. The US doesn't have this power.

This Maduro fuckery was meant to shock you into surrender and apathy.

But the real war for Venezuela hasn't even begun, and it is a war the US cannot win, once it seriously begins.

Venezuelans now need to make it their national project to live up to their Bolivarian past and spirit, and resist with great determination and fury every filthy American attempt to land in their country.

No American ship must be allowed to dock in Venezuela, and no American airplane must be allowed to land.

No pasarán.

And if they do manage to land somewhere, they must be faced with a million angry and determined Venezuelans who will block their way and resist with whatever they have.

The war for Venezuela hasn't started yet, and the colonizer pigs know they cannot win it, so they are trying to make you give up in advance.

Don't make this fatal mistake. Stare the US in the face and tell it to go **** itself. There will be no occupation and no exploitation of Venezuela

Tell them you are waiting for them on the beaches, forests, and streets, and dare them to try and steal your homeland from you, if they feel emboldened by their testosterone shots and hair implants.

Make guerrilla warfare your religion, and sabotage and terrorism your gods.

The fat, lazy, and stupid Americans can do nothing to take away what's rightfully yours, and their corporate mercenaries need to know the only thing they will meet in Venezuela is a painful death.

Venezuela has not fallen, and if it acts with determination and courage, it will win this war decisively and send Trump to his geriatric clinic mumbling about his mother's imaginary lost oil.

Fight for your country and freedom, and you will win and become legends. The new Bolivars.
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No one must treat the US like it has won anything, and countries hurt by Western colonialism should set into motion an international apparatus that will allow them to sue their tormentors and abusers for all the trillions they have.

The West must pay for all that it has stolen and destroyed. Start working on the lawsuit

The only conclusion one can come to is that Maduro's security and military must have been compromised. So much to learn from the US operation, which was executed clinically and with precision. All the leaders in South America who oppose the US must be having sleepless nights.

 

[The SC]

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Many people ..even in his vecinity will give him up for tha amoount of money..

 

[battalion25]

Stop being a typical loud mouthed but stupid Arab and understand that your opinion is completely subjective. You are referring only to your own corner of the world. The Arab world never influenced East Asia and your "golden ages" have nothing to do with China.

China had many golden ages from the Han, Tang, Song, Ming to the early Qing dynasties, and today it is united and risen again. Where is the Arab empire?

The only place Arabs have not reached of the known world is the great plains of China meaning the han-belt but it has reached most of chinas lands of today. Places like xinjiang and Tibet.

Tang Dynasty wanted to actully become a superpower but was defeated by the Abbasid which ended tang Dynasties foreign ambtions at the battle of Talas. It was the first and only time Arabs and Chinese actully fought a direct conflict.

By the way I am not an arab and far from it. All these empires you mentioned were local.

As someone who loves history there are levels empires are rated on.

Example Ancient Egypt was global hegemonic power due to their foreign military adventures, the Romans and Persians were also global empires, The ottoman empire, Ummayyid, Abbasid, Mamluke sultanate, Mongol Empire and finally Ayyubid and you can include The British empire and Currently the US empire. These 11 empires can today be categorized as global empires.

But empires like the Ghorid empire despite being global to a certain extent and by far greater then the Chinese empires you mentioned because they actully opened India but it was a short lived empire and replaced by a local empire called Delhi Sultanate that reigned for 300 years hence it falls short.

Another example Al-Andalus itself can´t be categorized as global empire but rather a local empire and the same case with empires like Han, Song, Tang and Ming. Despite being great empires of their own but they were not categorized as global empires.

 

[SolarWarden]

wtf?

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Maduro needed Cubans to protect him I reckon he didn't trust his own people. This is a huge blow for Cuba they lost a huge percentage of their income.

 

[FuturePAF]

The internal problems of South American countries are complex and cannot be completely resolved by Trump's use of force. I even believe that Trump and the US military cannot solve the oil field problem in Venezuela. The best outcome would just be an Iraq in South America. Trump's military actions are more like solving domestic problems in the United States, midterm elections, and controlling the military.

I suspect the goal is to win back right wing Latinos for the midterms.

Indeed, the South American countries have their own elites (especially military elites) that don’t want to be displaced. They won’t let go for anything less than what they control, which Trump may not be able to get done, considering how many people need to be displaced. It may take boots on the ground to displace enough of these elites.

It will be interesting to see how the result of the midterms Effects policy towards Venezuela.

 

[Khansaheeb]

 

[The SC]

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[retaxis]

Looks like rodriguez is the new face of anti imperialism

 

[ety]

This move alone by Trump was just like how a mafia gang turf war happens, when the powerful mafia boss takes over the turf of the smaller and weaker one. But aside from all the news related to running the country of Venezuela, taking control of its oil industry, the biggest outcome of this is that no matter how bad a dictator running a country like Venezuela is, this action by US (being a clear violation of international laws) validates the same special military ops that Russia did in Ukraine or any military ops that China will do against Taiwan in the future. Moreover, this will also heavily reinforce the belief in South America about the US imperialism.

The US will have no moral standing on principles to oppose both Russia, China or any other country because it is also standing on the same club now i.e. disregard the rule of international law and order.

Don't worry, if China ever attempted to do something even remotely close to what US did in Venezuela, the whole world (I mean the US dominated world) will come out ferociously attacking and sanctioning China, they will turn the world upside down, even the same in the case of Taiwan that UN legally defines it is part of China. What hypocrisy the West has as in many issues in the world, the Western countries are pretty much deafly silent on Trump's invasion and kidnapping, lol.

 

[MH.Yang]

I suspect the goal is to win back right wing Latinos for the midterms.

Indeed, the South American countries have their own elites (especially military elites) that don’t want to be displaced. They won’t let go for anything less than what they control, which Trump may not be able to get done, considering how many people need to be displaced. It may take boots on the ground to displace enough of these elites.

It will be interesting to see how the result of the midterms Effects policy towards Venezuela.

The root cause of the current problems in the United States is actually fiscal issues. In the case where Trump cannot eat China, he must at least eat Europe's financial industry to solve America's fiscal problems. As for small countries like Venezuela, they are far from meeting the appetite of the United States. We should be patient, there are still more exciting plots to come.

As for those who believe that South American countries will be intimidated by Trump, may I ask if European countries were intimidated or more closely united around Britain when Hitler initially annexed countries such as the Czech Republic?

As for the United States, with this victory, Trump is fully capable of taking the opportunity to control the military. The decisive battle between the donkey and the elephant will be coming soon. The United States may not need to hold mid-term elections.

 

[The SC]

Nicolás Maduro challenged Elon Musk to a fight. Musk accepted it, saying that Maduro would "chicken out".

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This is very irrational on the part of a President of a nation!

All guys like him were removed from power by force, be it Gadafi, Saddam Hussein or others.. the world does not tolerate that in diplomacy an that can be used against any nation electing people like that.. too bad!

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[_Arabia_]

The only place Arabs have not reached of the known world is the great plains of China meaning the han-belt but it has reached most of chinas lands of today. Places like xinjiang and Tibet.

Tang Dynasty wanted to actully become a superpower but was defeated by the Abbasid which ended tang Dynasties foreign ambtions at the battle of Talas. It was the first and only time Arabs and Chinese actully fought a direct conflict.

By the way I am not an arab and far from it. All these empires you mentioned were local.

As someone who loves history there are levels empires are rated on.

Example Ancient Egypt was global hegemonic power due to their foreign military adventures, the Romans and Persians were also global empires, The ottoman empire, Ummayyid, Abbasid, Mamluke sultanate and finally Ayyubid and you can include The British empire and Currently the US empire.

But empires like the Ghorid empire despite being global to a certain extent and by far greater then the Chinese empires you mentioned because they actully opened India but it was a short lived empire and replaced by a local empire called Delhi Sultanate that reigned for 300 years hence it falls short.

Another example Al-Andalus itself can´t be categorized as global empire but rather a local empire and the same case with empires like Han, Song, Tang and Ming. Despite being great empires of their own but they were not categorized as global empires.

Yes, it is amazing that Islam/Arab culture reached all the way to China. Actually it reached through land (Xinjiang/Turkistan/Old Tocharian lands)

battle of Talas

Battle of Talas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and through the millennia old ancient maritime trade routes that Arabs created that connected Africa, Arabia, Middle East/West Asia, North Africa, South Europe, South Asia, South East Asia (look up how Indonesia - the largest Muslim nation became Muslim - due to Arab - mainly Yemeni and Hejazi traders and settlers - many of the current Muslim ruling families from Mindanao in Philippines - Sultantes of Sulu, Brunei, numerous in Sumatra, Java, Indonesia - many Arabian in origin - well-confirmed - not hoaxes) and ultimately China as well (South, around Guangzhou).

Even Arabs mixed with local Hans creating the Hui ethnic group (Muslim Han Chinese with some Arab/Middle Eastern/Turkic admixture).

History of Islam in China - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

China–Arab relations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Arabs are the by far largest trade partners of China in the Muslim and developing world.

The trade volume was over 400 billion USD in 2024.

China-Arab Trade Volume Hits $407.4 Billion in 2024

Beijing, July 30 (QNA) - Trade volume between China and Arab countries rose by 2.3% year-on-year in 2024, reaching $407.4 billion, reinforcing China’s position as the Arab world’s top trading partner for consecutive years.

qna.org.qa

China has created a special Arab policy paper and official policy aimed at the Arab world as the only geographical region of the world. China is also hosting the annual Sino-Arab conference.

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Full text of China's Arab Policy Paper

The founding of the People's Republic of China and the independence of Arab countries created a new era for China-Arab friendly exchanges.

ningxia.chinadaily.com.cn

China educates annually 10.000 + Arabists and Arabic speakers (many speaking very well given the difficulty of Arabic - something that Mandarin and Arabic has in common - two of the most difficult main languages of the world - widely known as such - a short visit on Youtube will confirm the 100's of videos arguing what language is more difficult to master and learn).

Personally I am not the least anti-Chinese (as in people or culture) but I don't like the Chinese passivity in terms of foreign policy.

I keep, in my mind, thinking what a unified Arab world (if 1 single country) with a population of 1.5 billion could do and when I see Chinese passivity towards allies or potential allies, it somewhat annoys me a bit, lol. Nothing personal but maybe more baffles me than annoys me.

 

[ety]

NY Times is often reliable when they quote the anonymous sources within the American administrations. And people above have also suggested that the public protests by the VP of Venezuela might be just for domestic consumption. Oh, the drug charges are bogus; it is mostly about oil.
For the sake of Venezuelan people: Resistance is futile otherwise they would be in even worse situation. Make the best of the situation. Not every country who works with America is at a total loss--some thrive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/americas/trump-venezuela-leader-rodriguez-machado.html

How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader​

Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials then saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy.

Mr. Maduro in late December rejected an ultimatum from President Trump to leave office and go into a gilded exile in Turkey, according to several Americans and Venezuelans involved in transition talks.

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Weeks earlier, U.S. officials had already settled on an acceptable candidate to replace Mr. Maduro, at least for the time being: Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who had impressed Trump officials with her management of Venezuela’s crucial oil industry.

The people involved in the discussions said intermediaries persuaded the administration that she would protect and champion future American energy investments in the country.

“I’ve been watching her career for a long time, so I have some sense of who she is and what she’s about,” said one senior U.S. official, referring to Ms. Rodríguez.

“I’m not claiming that she’s the permanent solution to the country’s problems, but she’s certainly someone we think we can work at a much more professional level than we were able to do with him,” the official added, referring to Mr. Maduro.

It was an easy choice, the people said. Mr. Trump had never warmed up to the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who had organized a winning presidential campaign in 2024, earning her the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Since Mr. Trump’s re-election, Ms. Machado has gone out of her way to please him, calling him a “champion of freedom,” mimicking his talking points on election fraud in the United States and even dedicating her Peace Prize to him.

It was in vain. On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he would accept Ms. Rodríguez, saying that Ms. Machado lacked the “respect” needed to govern Venezuela.

U.S. officials say that their relationship with Ms. Rodríguez’s interim government will be based on her ability to play by their rules, adding that they reserve the right to take additional military action if she fails to respect America’s interests. Despite Ms. Rodríguez’s public condemnation of the attack, a senior U.S. official said that it was too soon to draw conclusions about what her approach would be and that the administration remained optimistic that they could work with her.

Mr. Trump declared on Saturday that the United States intended to “run” Venezuela for an unspecified period and reclaim U.S. oil interests, an extraordinary assertion of unilateral, expansionist power after more narrow, and also contested, arguments about stopping the flow of drugs.

Exactly, it seems Maduro's inner circle and army are being infiltrated by CIA as in many other color revolution regime changes engineered by US. Unless, Maduro can organize effective, efficient and clean loyal armed forces and people around him, otherwise the efforts are futile, I agree.

 

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