2025-12-17: Venezuela Roundup

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Martha Rios (2025-12-17). Venezuela: Rechazan grotesca amenaza de Donald Trump. radiohc.cu El Gobierno de Venezuela rechazó este martes lo que llamó grotesca amenaza del presidente de Estados Unidos, que viola el Derecho Internacional, el libre comercio y la libre navegabilidad. | En un comunicado, la vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez indicó que el jefe de la Casa Blanca lanzó esta noche "una amenaza temeraria y grave" contra la República Bolivariana. | Explicó que el mandatario estadounidense asumió en sus redes sociales, que el petróleo, tierras y riquezas mineras de Venezuela son de su propiedad y, en consecuencia, "Venezuela debe entregarle todas sus riquezas de inmediato". | Ante tal irresp…

Martha Rios (2025-12-17). Cuba denuncia ataque de EEUU contra industria petrolera de Venezuela. radiohc.cu El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez acusó este martes al Gobierno de Estados Unidos de desatar una guerra en varios frentes contra Venezuela, al denunciar el reciente ataque cibernético contra Pdvsa. | En su cuenta de la red social X, el canciller denunció que este último acto hostil contra la corporación petrolera del país suramericano estuvo dirigido a paralizar el funcionamiento de esa importante institución de Venezuela. | Según el jefe de la diplomacia cubana ´esas acciones forman parte de la guerra psicológica y el aumento de las presiones por parte del gobierno de Estados Un…

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). Cuba's Casa de las Américas condemns Trump's threats against Venezuela. radiohc.cu Cuba's Casa de las Américas has joined the international condemnation of the United States' interventionist policy against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. | "From Casa de las Américas, we support the Bolivarian Government's condemnation and join in its rejection of Mr. Trump's grotesque threat," stated a message on the X network from writer Abel Prieto, president of the prestigious cultural institution. | On his behalf, the Cuban intellectual reiterated Cuba's solidarity "with the brave Venezuelan people and their legitimate president, Nicolás Maduro. They shall not pass!!!" he concluded. | The condemnation…

Staff (2025-12-17). øPor qué Trump envió sus buques de guerra a Venezuela? cubadebate.cu Desde que Hugo Chávez llegó al poder en 1998, los Estados Unidos ha intentado derrocar la Revolución Bolivariana. Han intentado de todo, salvo una invasión militar a gran escala: un golpe militar, seleccionar un presidente sustituto, cortar el acceso al sistema financiero mundial, imponer múltiples sanciones, sabotear la red eléctrica, enviar mercenarios e intentar asesinar a sus líderes. Si se le ocurre algún método para derrocar a un gobierno, es probable que los Estados Unidos lo haya intentado contra Venezuela.

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). Venezuela condemns Trump's threat of military and naval blockade. radiohc.cu The Venezuelan government announced this Tuesday, December 16th, that it will denounce before the United Nations the "grotesque threats" made by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose a naval blockade to seize its natural resources. The U.S. president made these statements via his social media accounts, demanding the return of Venezuelan assets.

Staff (2025-12-17). Venezuela denunciará ante la ONU "temeraria y grave" orden de Trump para bloqueo naval. cubadebate.cu En un comunicado, Caracas señala que Trump "asume que el petróleo, tierras y riquezas mineras de Venezuela son de su propiedad", rechaza el intento "absolutamente irracional" de imponer un bloqueo militar naval y advierte que formalizará una denuncia ante la ONU, con apego a la Carta de Naciones Unidas.

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). Cuba strongly rejects U.S. naval blockade against Venezuela. radiohc.cu Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, expressed on social media Cuba's strong rejection of the naval blockade imposed by the United States government against Venezuela. | In his message, the Cuban president reaffirmed his firm support for President Nicolás Maduro, the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, and the Popular-Military Union that sustains the Venezuelan process. | Díaz-Canel also emphasized Cuba's full support for the statement issued by the Venezuelan government in response to the U.S. measure, while describing…

Staff (2025-12-17). Cuba repudia el bloqueo naval de EEUU contra Venezuela. cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano respaldó el comunicado publicado por el Gobierno venezolano, en el que se denuncia nuevamente que la "verdadera intención" de Washington "siempre" ha sido "apropiarse del petróleo, las tierras y minerales" de Venezuela mediante "gigantescas campañas de mentiras y manipulaciones".

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). Trump orders total blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers. radiohc.cu U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. | "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. | "For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION," Trump said. | "Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going in…

Martha Rios (2025-12-17). Principal asesora del presidente de EEUU expone su falsa lucha antidrogas. radiohc.cu Susie Wiles, la principal asesora de Trump, reveló que el presidente estadounidense planea utilizar la destrucción de embarcaciones supuestamente cargadas de drogas ´hasta que Maduro se dé por vencido ª. | La jefa de gabinete de la Casa Blanca, Susie Wiles, desmanteló la narrativa del Gobierno de Estados Unidos sobre las operaciones militares en el mar Caribe, al admitir que el objetivo final es forzar un cambio de Gobierno en Venezuela. | En una entrevista publicada este martes por la revista Vanity Fair, Wiles reveló que el mandatario pretende continuar con la destrucción de embarcaciones supuestamen…

Martha Rios (2025-12-17). Trump dispuso bloqueo total y completo de buques desde y hacia Venezuela. radiohc.cu El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump dio este martes un paso más en su agresividad contra Venezuela al ordenar el bloqueo de todos los buques petroleros que entren o salgan de la nación suramericana. | Seis días después de la incautación de un tanquero frente a las costas de Venezuela, la administración Trump levantó la varilla de las presiones contra el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro al que designó como "organización terrorista extranjera", y en base a esto dispuso el "bloqueo total y completo" de buques desde y hacia ese país. | Su decisión la dio a conocer en su habitual tribuna en Internet, Truth Social,…

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). Solidarity and volunteer work brigade arrives in Cuba for ICAP's 65th anniversary. radiohc.cu The first members of the solidarity and volunteer work brigade "65th Anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)" have begun arriving in Havana, where the contingent will participate in the anniversary program dedicated to Fidel Castro, the institution's founder. | In total, the brigade members will number 120, from 22 nations in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Oceania, and North America. They will carry out a two-week program starting next Monday, the 22nd, staying at the "Julio Antonio Mella" International Camp located in Caimito. | The activists will participate i…

Ed Newman (2025-12-17). New educational dynamic highlights ties between Africa and the Caribbean. radiohc.cu The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has presented the educational game "African Diaspora" with the aim of deepening knowledge about the history of that continent and its ties with the Caribbean. | At the event, held at the House Museum of Africa, located in the Historic Center of the City, this material was presented as a game box for schools and communities where teams discover hidden figures, places, traditions, and events of that region and its Caribbean descendants, using tools that enhance learning. | Anne Lemaistre, director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana,…

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-16). Trinidad and Tobago To Open Its Airports to US Military as US Continues Buildup Near Venezuela. news.antiwar.com Trinidad and Tobago will allow the US military to use its airports in the coming weeks, according to a statement from the Caribbean island nation's Foreign Ministry, as the US continues ramping up military activity near Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago's Foreign Ministry cited recent military cooperation with the US in its statement, including the recent …

Rodrigo Acuña (2025-12-16). Experts Say Even Average Venezuelans Critical of Maduro Won't Back Regime Change. truthout.org President Donald Trump has escalated threats against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in recent weeks, and reports now say the Trump administration is preparing for the days after a potential Maduro overthrow. What might happen in such a scenario? In November, Michael Crowley at The New York Times pursued this question by reminding readers that, during Trump's first term, U.S. |

Sharon Black, Struggle La Lucha. (2025-12-16). At Army—Navy Game, Activists Confront Trump Over Venezuela. popularresistance.org Baltimore, Dec. 13 — Activists shifted the spotlight from the pageantry of the Army—Navy game, using Donald Trump's attendance as a platform to center a powerful demand: "No war on Venezuela." | Hundreds lined the streets outside the stadium where Trump was scheduled to appear, unfurling banners that read, "No war on Venezuela and Palestine" and "No to ICE — Money for jobs, education, and health care." | Andrew Matatag, representing the publication Struggle-La Lucha, drew a sharp contrast. "Almost every police agency on record — from the Secret Service to Homeland Security — is amass…

Rob Warzyniak (2025-12-16). Weapons of mass destruction, again? Iraq lies recycled for Venezuela war. peoplesworld.org On Dec. 6, President Trump's "War" Secretary Pete Hegseth took the stage at the Reagan Defense Forum to outline the latest iteration of U.S. foreign policy. The U.S. should not be "distracted by democracy building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change, climate change, woke moralizing, and feckless nation-building," Hegseth said. "We will instead put our nation's …

Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (2025-12-16). Cuba denounces US attack on Venezuelan Oil Industry. plenglish.com Havana, Dec. 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States government of waging a multi-front war against Venezuela, denouncing the recent cyberattack against the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

en.mehrnews (2025-12-16). Caracas, Moscow to continue boosting strategic relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) — Strategic relations between Caracas and Moscow will continue to grow next year, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said.

A A (2025-12-16). A U.S. invasion of Venezuela would be slow, costly and a historic mistake. strategic-culture.su ByAndrew LATHAM | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Article Summary — Any U.S. war in Venezuela would be slow, costly, and stra…

eng.belta.by (2025-12-16). Lukashenko asked whether Belarus is ready to shelter Maduro. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "Maduro has never been our enemy or adversary. Never. If he wanted to come to Belarus, our doors are always open for him. But frankly speaking, we've never talked about it. Maduro is not the kind of man to leave everything and flee."

newarab (2025-12-16). US kills 8 in eastern Pacific strikes on alleged drug boats. newarab.com Strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Since early September, the US military under

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-12-16). ECLAC maintains plan of 2.4 percent of the regional GDP increase. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today maintained its forecasts of a rise in the regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.4 percent for this year and 2.3 percent next year.

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