(2025-12-13). Trump grilled as he answers on Epstein photos, Venezuela and Thailand-Cambodia war. hindustantimes.com President Donald Trump addressed several major issues during his latest press conference. He responded to newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, dismissing them as insignificant and accusing Democrats of creating a false narrative. Trump also claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia after speaking with their leaders. Additionally, he signed legislation honoring the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team for their historic "Miracle on Ice" victory. Trump avoided answering questions about potential U.S. seizure of more Venezuelan oil assets, hinted at possible land actions r…
(2025-12-12). Iran slams US Navy's seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the US Navy's military intervention against a commercial vessel carrying Venezuelan oil near the country's coast, labeling the act as "state piracy."
(2025-12-12). Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington's long-standing pressure campaign.
(2025-12-12). Venezuelan Authorities Prevent Cardinal Porras From Traveling, Cancel Passport. eurasiareview.com By Andrés Henríquez | On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. | According to the Grand Priory of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in Venezuela, on Wednesday morning the cardinal "was subjected to humiliating treatment" by airport authorities under the government of Nicolas Maduro. | From Bogotá, Porras was scheduled to take a flight to Madrid and then travel to Toledo, wh…
(2025-12-12). Nobel Peace Prize Winner Who Wants the US To Attack Venezuela Says US Helped Her Escape. news.antiwar.com Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who wants the US to attack her country to oust President Nicolas Maduro, has traveled to Norway to receive her Nobel Peace Prize and said that she had help from the US to flee Venezuela. "Yes, we did get support from the United States' government," Machado said at …
(2025-12-12). USA and Venezuela. Fighting a fantasy cartel with a spear. indybay.org The US government has put a bounty of fifty million US dollars on his head. Maduro is not a fugitive; he conducts his government business in full view of the public. The Cártel de los Soles — the Cartel of the Suns — does not exist; it is a figment of the US government's imagination…
(2025-12-12). Trump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Outlines Imperial Intentions for Latin America. truthout.org On Wednesday, December 10, Donald Trump announced that the United States had seized a tanker in the Caribbean carrying more than 1.6 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening," Trump told the press. The seizure is only the latest move in a long build-up of U.S. military action in the Caribbean and… |
(2025-12-12). The tactic of logistical strangulation: Extraterritorial seizures by the United States. uwidata.com By Dr. Fernando Esteche On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice executed a seizure warrant against the vessel "Skipper" in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The indictment was based on previous 2022 sanctions against the vessel (when it sailed under the name "Adisa") for its involvement in an illicit oil shipping …
(2025-12-12). UN finds Venezuela's National Guard committed crimes against humanity. devdiscourse.com Officials of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) have committed serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity for more than a decade, according to a new report released by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
(2025-12-12). Activists in New York City denounce Trump's 'no-fly zone'. workers.org 
New York City December 10 — Antiwar activists in the United States held a news conference today to protest the illegal "no-fly zone" U.S. President Donald Trump ordered for Venezuela. The order had prevented many activists from attending a solidarity meeting in Caracas, Venezuela. From the tone of today's protest, . . . |
(2025-12-12). Iran Denounces US Seizure Of Venezuelan Oil Tanker As 'Piracy In Caribbean'. eurasiareview.com The Iranian embassy in Caracas on Thursday condemned the United States' seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the South American country's coast, calling the operation "piracy in the Caribbean Sea" and a clear breach of international law. | The embassy said in a statement that the action violated fundamental global norms. | "The illegal move by the US government to seize a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea without any justified or legal reason constitutes a blatant violation of international laws and regulations, including the inviolable principle of freedom of the seas and navigation," it said. | "'
(2025-12-12). International Law and U.S./Trump Egocentrism. counterpunch.org 
What should be done about Donald Trump and the U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans? Should we really be quibbling about who ordered the second strike on the survivors of the boat off the coast of Venezuela? By quibbling, "there's a risk … of losing sight of the forest for the tree, because the broader campaign is really problematic," an International Crisis Group expert told Robert Tait in The Guardian. Beyond the questions of who ordered the second strike or whether the drone strikes violated guidelines in U.S. military manuals, the larger issue is whether international law was violated.
(2025-12-12). "Trump Has Appointed Himself Judge, Jury, and Executioner" theintercept.com 
In September, The Intercept broke the story of the U.S. military Since then, U.S. boat strikes have expanded to the Pacific Ocean. The Intercept has documented 22 strikes as of early December that have
(2025-12-12). US Sanctions Six Companies Accused of Transporting Venezuelan Oil as It Prepares More Seizures. news.antiwar.com The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions targeting six companies it accused of transporting Venezuelan oil, as Reuters reported that the Trump administration is gearing up to seize more oil tankers. The US seizure of a tanker off the coast of Venezuela that was bound for Cuba on Wednesday marked a significant escalation of …
(2025-12-12). Voyage of the Damned: Blowing Up Boats and Breaking Down Bullshit. counterpunch.org 
Thug Life The Trump administration campaign of killing boatmen in the waters near Venezuela, part of its larger project of regime change aggression against the country, breaks, and blatantly defies, the most fundamental principles of American and international law. It's a crime, and all of its perpetrators, from the grotesque thug Hegseth, to any sub-thug
(2025-12-12). Venezuela Charges Washington With 'Theft, Piracy'. popularresistance.org Venezuela has accused the US government of "blatant theft" and "piracy," following Washington's seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the Latin American country's coast on 10 December. | The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry strongly condemned what it said was a "blatant theft and an act of international piracy, publicly announced by the President of the US, who confessed to the assault on an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea." | "Already in his 2024 campaign, [US President Donald Trump] openly stated that his objective has always been to keep Venezuelan oil without paying any consideration in return, making it clear th…
(2025-12-12). Washington expands bases, weaponry in Puerto Rico. themilitant.com As part of its broader military buildup across Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington has rapidly expanded U.S. aerial and naval operations in Puerto Rico, provoking widespread concern and indignation among working people there. Many oppose the U.S. rulers once again using their colony of Puerto Rico as a base for military aggression against sister nations in the region. | "We categorically condemn the continued illegal military buildup, aggression and military presence in the archipelago of Puerto Rico," the Frente Independentista Boricua (Boricua Independence Front), a group in New York, said in a recent s…
(2025-12-12). Presentan volumen sobre el surgimiento del béisbol en Cuba. radiohc.cu El libro 'El juego galante, béisbol y sociedad en La Habana (1861-1895)', del doctor Félix Julio Alfonso, fue presentado este jueves en la biblioteca Martí, de la central ciudad de Santa Clara. | El volumen, de más de 700 páginas, de la editorial Letras Cubanas, formó parte de la conferencia científica y eventos relacionados Identidad, Sociedad y Cultura, la historia compartida del béisbol en Cuba, el Caribe y Estados Unidos. | En el prólogo, Roberto González, de Yale University, señaló: En el juego galante hay amplia información sobre las publicaciones de la época, con fascinantes ilustraciones que incluyen fotos…