(2025-12-22). U.S. Interception Sparks Diplomatic Tensions Over Venezuela-China Oil Trade. devdiscourse.com The United States' interception of a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast has caused significant international tension. China's foreign ministry has denounced the act as a serious breach of international law and emphasized Venezuela's right to establish relations with other nations, opposing all unilateral and illegal sanctions.
(2025-12-22). Organización No Cold War denuncia agresión de Trump contra petróleo de Venezuela. cubadebate.cu El colectivo No Cold War manifestó su firme oposición al embargo ilegal y a la política de sanciones que sufre Venezuela. La organización denunció que la armada estadounidense realiza agresiones militares en el Caribe mediante ataques a pequeñas embarcaciones.
(2025-12-22). CUNY Union Passes Resolution Condemning Military Aggression Against Venezuela. popularresistance.org On December 19, the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) delegate assembly voted to pass a resolution repudiating the U.S. military aggression against Venezuela. | The resolution follows Trump's announcement of an escalation of his offensive, introducing a "total blockade" on Venezuela. As we have written previously, "This blockade and continued military escalation is only going to impoverish and hurt the Venezuelan working class, who face not only an acute economic and social crisis due to imperialist sanctions and increasing military attacks, but also repression by the Maduro government."
(2025-12-22). US tanker with Venezuelan oil left for US: Official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) — Venezuela has sent a tanker belonging to the US company Chevron with Venezuelan oil to the US amid the seizure of ships under US sanctions in the Caribbean Sea, VP and Hydrocarbons Minister Delcy Rodriguez reported.
(2025-12-22). 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.
(2025-12-22). Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We've seen this movie before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq. |
(2025-12-22). Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: 'Go big' in Venezuela. responsiblestatecraft.org As the U.S.
(2025-12-22). VP Delcy RodrÂguez: US Must Pay Reparations For Stealing CITGO. popularresistance.org At a massive rally in front of Venezuela's national oil company PDVSA headquarters in La Campiña, Caracas, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez condemned the ongoing US aggressions against the country. | In her speech on Friday, December 19, Rodríguez, who is also the minister of hydrocarbons, emphasized that Venezuela has a firm stance of dignity and resistance. She underscored that the country has no outstanding debts with the Trump administration. Rather, Washington owes the Venezuelan people compensation for stealing Venezuelan state assets.
(2025-12-22). Venezuela hits 1.2 million barrel oil target despite U.S. pressure. tehrantimes.com Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying U.S. pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.
(2025-12-22). Buque de Chevron zarpa con petróleo venezolano rumbo a Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu La vicepresidenta Ejecutiva de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, informó sobre el zarpe de un buque de la compañía Chevron cargado con petróleo venezolano con destino a Estados Unidos, en cumplimiento de los acuerdos establecidos por la industria petrolera nacional.
(2025-12-22). Left Parties In Asia Denounce US Military Threats Against Venezuela. popularresistance.org Left and communist parties across Asia issued a statement expressing solidarity with the people of Venezuela, who are facing unprecedented attacks from the United States with an aggressive military build up in the Caribbean, as well as open threats of invasion. | The statement, dated December 16, notes the concerns over ongoing "military escalation in the Caribbean and the aggression against Venezuela by the imperialist US" and demands the immediate cessation of all such hostile activities. | The statement was signed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Socialist Party of Malaysia (P…
(2025-12-22). More Than 100 People Killed by US Bombing Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats. news.antiwar.com The US bombing campaign against alleged drug-running boats in the waters of Latin America has killed more than 100 people, according to the numbers released by the Trump administration and the US military. The latest strikes were announced by the US Southern Command on December 18 and targeted boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According …
(2025-12-21). Exministro peruano advierte riesgo de ataque de EEUU a otros países. radiohc.cu El cerco militar estadounidense a Venezuela y el bloqueo a sus exportaciones petroleras, conlleva el riesgo de que Washington haga lo mismo a otros países latimoamericanos, advirtió este sábado el ex ministro peruano de Economía, Pedro Francke. | Añadió que la operación norteamericana "pone potencialmente en riesgo nuestros lazos comerciales con China, que son muy fuertes, pues es el principal destino de las exportaciones peruanas". | El asedio, advirtió el economista, puede también agravar la situación económica de Venezuela, lo que generaría una nueva crisis migratoria en la región. | Tal crisis se sumaría a lo…
(2025-12-21). Venezuela breaks silence after US seizes 1.8 M barrels of Oil en route to China. hindustantimes.com The United States said it seized a second oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast on December 20, releasing footage that showed helicopters landing on the vessel during the operation. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the tanker had recently docked in Venezuela and was carrying sanctioned oil. Venezuela rejected the seizure, calling it an act of international piracy and vowing to file complaints with the United Nations and other bodies. Media reports identified the ship as the Panama flagged Centuries. The seizure follows a similar operation on December 10 and comes days after President Donald Trump announ…
(2025-12-21). US Blockades Venezuela In War Still Searching For An Official Rationale. popularresistance.org In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real — over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more recent "kinetic strikes." Yet the officially stated justification for the US empire's escalating offensive remains elusive. | The empire once spun its domination as "democracy promotion." Accordingly, State Department stenographers such as The Washington Post framed the US-backed coup in Venezuela — which temporarily overthrew President Hugo Chávez — as an attempt to "restore…
(2025-12-21). Trump: Who Will Put The Bell On The Cat? popularresistance.org Trump, the president of the most capitalist nation on Earth, has dealt a blow to the very system upon which his country—and indeed, most of the West—considers the bedrock of the economy, a blow that not even the most revolutionary person today would have foretold or thought to achieve. He has trashed the notion of private property and outright stolen a full oil tanker in international waters, like a modern pirate, and kidnapped its crew. | Since September, mighty US navy warships obliterated, with military missiles, 22 small outboard motorboats (mostly in the Caribbean but some in the Pacific), killin…