2025-10-07: Venezuela Roundup

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Martha Rios (2025-10-07). Maduro agradece al papa León XIV por rescate de venezolanos secuestrados en E.EUU. radiohc.cu El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro reveló este lunes, en Caracas, que el papa León XIV medió para lograr el rescate de más de 290 venezolanos que se encontraban retenidos ilegalmente en El Salvador y Estados Unidos, agradeciendo su "diplomacia de la prudencia". | El mandatario bolivariano detalló que la intervención del Pontífice fue fundamental para la liberación de 252 ciudadanos "secuestrados, desaparecidos y torturados salvajemente" en centros de detención en El Salvador, a quienes se les acusaba sin fundamento de ser terroristas. | "Fue un milagro rescatarlos", afirmó el Jefe de Estado, y explicó que…

Carlos Ron (2025-10-07). "We Will Blow You Out of Existence:" Trump's Caribbean Spectacle. counterpunch.org On 23 September 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown "out of existence". This statement, taken as a blatant disregard for international law and due process, made reference to the latest escalation in the decades-long US War on Drugs, a campaign historically used to justify US foreign intervention in Latin America, and now, prominently aimed at Venezuela.

Roger Harris (2025-10-07). Bringing a Howitzer to a Knife Fight: US Armada Off Venezuela. counterpunch.org Washington's escalating regime-change offensive against Venezuela uses drug interdiction conflated with combatting "terrorism" as a pretext for the expansion of imperial militarism. Donald Trump boasted striking small boats off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to "blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water." Claiming destruction of enough drugs to kill 25,000, he called the extrajudicial

aljazeera (2025-10-07). Venezuela's Maduro says US embassy 'false flag' bombing foiled in Caracas. aljazeera.com President Nicolas Maduro says right wing 'extremists' planned to bomb US Embassy and blame his government for attack.

WSWS (2025-10-07). Trump threatens Venezuela with "fire and fury" wsws.org Echoing the genocidal campaign pursued under US auspices in Gaza, Trump's threats against Latin America flow from a policy of state terror against any resistance to the American oligarchy.

Staff (2025-10-06). Headlines for October 6, 2025. democracynow.org Gaza Ceasefire Talks Begin in Egypt Today, Israel Kills Seven Palestinians in Gaza Today, Tens of Thousands Rally in Tel Aviv in Support of Hostage Deal, Federal Judge Blocks Trump from Deploying National Guard Troops to Oregon, Trump Admin Plans to Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops to Chicago, Trump Uses Shutdown to Withhold Federal Funding from Democratic-Led Cities and States, WaPo: Trump Admin Looking to Change Age Requirements for Social Security Disability Payments, U.S. Forces Bomb Another Boat Off the Coast of Venezuela, Killing Four People, Russia Fires More Than 50 Missiles and Nearly 500 Drones at…

Yunus Soner (2025-10-06). Venezuelan MP to UWI: "We are facing the most dangerous threat in our 200-years-history" uwidata.com The United States' government is threatening the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 7 US warships including 4000 marines are currently facing the Venezuelan coast, and the US navy already attacked some fisher boats, which the Trump administration claimed were transporting illegal drugs. We spoke about these threats and their purpose with Roy Daza, member of the …

latintimes (2025-10-06). Top Tren de Aragua Leader Detained In Mexico: 'Intellectual And Material Author Of Several Femicides'. latintimes.com Mexican authorities detailed that an alleged leader of Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has been detained in the country…

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