2025-08-23: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2025-08-23 08:58am GMT

WSWS (2025-08-23). No to US imperialist aggression against Venezuela! For the unity of the working class across the Americas! wsws.org The military siege of Venezuela marks a new stage in an unprecedented escalation of US imperialist aggression against Latin America as a whole.

scorinoco (2025-08-22). President of Nicaragua: US Aggression Against Venezuela Threatens All of Latin America. orinocotribune.com The co-president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, called for the unity of Latin American leaders amid the US threats of capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | "We call for unity from the grassroots of the peoples and for the dignity of Latin American leaders to defend the sovereignty of their own peoples, because the threat against our brother Nicolás Maduro is also a threat to the sovereignty of Venezuela and that of all Latin America and the Caribbean. This cannot be overlooked," emphasized Ortega. | The Nicaraguan president made this statement at the 13th Special Summit of Heads of State and Government…

scorinoco (2025-08-22). Defense Minister of Venezuela: US Should Not Dare Attack the Nation. orinocotribune.com The minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, warned the United States government not to "dare set foot on Venezuelan territory," emphasizing that any action that threatens Venezuelan sovereignty would be considered "an aggression against all of Latin America and the Caribbean." This statement comes in response to the US military deployment in the Caribbean. | In a video address published on Thursday, August 21, Minister Padrino López warned the US, "Do not be mistaken, here there is an FANB and a people with dignity, with a patriotic conscience, ready to defend their sovereignty and self-determin…

Staff (2025-08-22). China, Iran Condemn US Empire's Military Threats Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( This Thursday, August 21, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that Beijing rejects "the use of force or the threat of force in international relations and we oppose interference in Venezuela's internal affairs from outside, under any pretext." Her statements refer to the patrolling of US colonial warships in the Caribbean Sea near the Venezuelan…

WSWS (2025-08-22). US deploys Marines, landing craft in escalating threat to Venezuela. wsws.org The deployment of a US amphibious intervention force with 2,200 Marines aboard shatters Washington's flimsy claims that it was engaged in counter-narcotics activity.

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