2025-09-08: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2025-09-08 6:32pm GMT

Staff (2025-09-08). Floating Oil Platform Arrives in Venezuela From China's Concord Project. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan authorities reported Thursday that an oil platform, operated by China Concord Resources Corp (CCRC)—the first major infrastructure project to be installed in Lake Maracaibo in years—arrived in Venezuela. | Deputy Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Industry Roigar López reported the arrival of the oil facility on social media; however, the The $1 billion CCRC-operated project in Venezuela installed the oil platform in the waters of Lake Mar…

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (2025-09-08). DOJ Board Says Millions of Immigrants Can Be Jailed During Removal Proceedings. truthout.org Last week, the Department of Justice's Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that people who enter the country without authorization must be detained throughout their removal proceedings, a process that can take years. The decision stems from the case of Jonathan Javier Yajure Hurtado, a Venezuelan citizen who entered the United States in 2022. In 2024, he was granted Temporary Protected Status… |

Roger D. Harris, Joe Emersberger (2025-09-08). All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small motor vessel in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. He alleged that the skiff came from Venezuela and was loaded with illicit drugs headed to the US. On social media, …

Connor Echols (2025-09-08). Why is Congress MIA on looming Venezuela war? responsiblestatecraft.org Military tensions in the southern Caribbean have rapidly grown following President Trump's decision to launch an airstrike on a boat allegedly smuggling drugs near Venezuela. As the U.S.

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