2025-12-20: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2025-12-21 05:05am GMT

Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. (2025-12-20). Veterans For Peace Condemns Trump's Illegal War On Venezuela. popularresistance.org Veterans For Peace unequivocally rejects the Trump administration's escalating attacks and threats of war against Venezuela. The U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker and President Trump's unilateral declaration of a naval blockade of Venezuela and closure of its air space constitute a brazen escalation of military aggression and a violation of both the U.S. Constitution and international law. | The U.S. has continually attacked Venezuela since the inception of the Bolivarian Revolution a quarter-century ago. In 2002, a U.S.-backed military coup temporarily ousted then President Hugo Chávez before the Venezuela…

Various (2025-12-20). Joint statement: Stop the US military aggression in the Caribbean! Hands off Venezuela! links.org.au We are deeply concerned over the recent military escalation in the Caribbean and the aggression against Venezuela by the imperialist US.

UMMID (2025-12-20). Nobel Foundation sued over Peace Prize to Venezuela's Opposition Leader. ummid.com WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint against the Nobel Foundation for awarding the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuela's Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2025-12-20). Trump Admits He Wants To Take Venezuela's Oil. popularresistance.org Donald Trump has openly admitted that he wants to take Venezuela's oil. Top US officials have made it clear that this is a key reason for their war on the South American nation. | Trump declared an illegal naval blockade of Venezuela on December 16. The US government aims to prevent Venezuela from selling oil to China, to starve Caracas of export revenue. | The Trump administration is also illegally blocking Venezuela from importing crucial goods, including the light crude and chemicals needed to process and refine its own heavy crude.

Yoletty Bracho, Franck Gaudichaud (2025-12-20). Behind Trump's assault on the Caribbean. links.org.au Yoletty Bracho and Franck Gaudichaud analyse Trump's imperialist escalation in the Caribbean and its implications for the Venezuelan people.

newarab (2025-12-20). Trump doesn't rule out war with Venezuela. newarab.com

geo.tv (2025-12-20). US issues sanctions on family members and associates of Venezuela's Maduro. geo.tv Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends an event in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2023. — ReutersThe United States on Friday imposed sanctions on family members and associates of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, as Washington ratchets up pressure on the Venezuelan…

aljazeera (2025-12-20). US seizes second oil vessel off Venezuela coast, officials say. aljazeera.com The incident marks the second time in recent weeks that the US has seized an oil tanker near Venezuela.

Staff (2025-12-20). Cuba denuncia arbitrario nombramiento de Venezuela como estado terrorista por parte de Washington. cubadebate.cu Rodríguez cuestionó la autoridad moral de Estados Unidos para realizar este tipo de acusaciones: " øQué moral tiene el gobierno de EE.UU. para estas designaciones, cuando protege y financia organizaciones terroristas en su territorio, se niega a colaborar con países vecinos como Cuba en materia de terrorismo y habla abiertamente de acciones encubiertas y sabotajes de la CIA contra infraestructuras venezolanas?".

EIA (2025-12-20). Brazil, Guyana, And Argentina Support Forecast Crude Oil Growth In 2026 Analysis. eurasiareview.com We forecast that global crude oil production will increase by 0.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2026, with supply from Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina accounting for 0.4 million b/d of the expected global growth forecast in our December In 2024, non-OPEC+ production increased by 1.1…

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