2025-10-29: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2025-10-29 4:25pm GMT

Orinoco Tribune. (2025-10-29). Venezuela Launches Simón Bolívar International Brigades. popularresistance.org On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela will form an international volunteer brigade to confront any US intervention or aggression. The statement was made during a meeting of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. "We have received proposals from all over Latin America and the Caribbean, from Asia, Africa, and from many other places. I have seen videos on social media from many people, social leaders, saying that they too are getting ready," Maduro said. | He added that the international brigades, comprised of "men and women of the world," would defend Venezuela's sovereignty. Presid…

Mel Gurtov (2025-10-29). Gunboat Diplomacy in the Caribbean. counterpunch.org Disproportionate Force, Hidden Motives The Trump administration has now conducted 10 known strikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts that supposedly carry drugs destined for the US. The administration has now amassed a veritable armada in the region—several attack boats, a nuclear-capable submarine, an aircraft carrier strike group, a Marine expeditionary unit, and

Martha Rios (2025-10-29). Venezuela: Concejo Municipal de Caracas rechaza presiones de EEUU contra Cuba. radiohc.cu El Concejo del Municipio Bolivariano Libertador de Caracas aprobó este martes un acuerdo en rechazo a las presiones de Estados Unidos contra Cuba. | En sesión ordinaria, el órgano legislativo caraqueño denunció la pretensión de la administración de Donald Trump de sabotear la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, donde se someterá mañana a votación la resolución para poner fin al bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero a la isla. | El documento firmado por los concejales objetó de manera categórica "las presiones, el chantaje político y económico, y las maniobras diplomáticas injerencistas del Gobierno estad…

en.mehrnews (2025-10-29). US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro's pilot into betraying him. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) — The United States sought to lure Nicolás Maduro's pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader, according to a report released by the media.

A A (2025-10-29). L'offensiva imperialista contro il Venezuela si estende anche alla Colombia. strategic-culture.su Dal pescatore colombiano Alejandro Carranza ucciso nell'attacco USA alle minacce mafiose di Trump, l'escalation nel Caribe mira alle ricchezze del Venezuela e colpisce anche la Colombia. Petro reagisce, Cuba e Caracas esprimono solidarietà , mentre la regione rivendica sovranità contro la nuova Dottrina Monroe. | Segue nostro L'America Latina sta vivendo un tornante pericoloso in cui la Dottrina Monroe del XXI secolo riappare senza veli.

| AFP | (2025-10-29). US kills 14 in strikes on Pacific drug boats. tribune.com.pk US forces killed 14 people in strikes that destroyed four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Washington's anti-narcotics campaign to at least 57. | The United States began carrying out the strikes — which experts say are illegal — in early September, and has now destroyed at least 14 vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific. In three strikes carried out Monday in international waters, 14 "narco-terrorists" were killed and one survived, Hegseth said in a post on X. | This was the deadliest single-day toll s…

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