(2026-01-22). Venezuela continues mobilization for the release of President Maduro and Cilia Flores. radiohc.cu More than 10,000 senior citizens from the states of Aragua, Carabobo, Miranda, and La Guaira, and from the city of Caracas, gathered this Wednesday in Los Caobos Park to participate in the "Song for Peace and Liberation" event. | The event reaffirmed their support for and demand for the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, who were kidnapped by the United States during the U.S. military aggression on January 3. | Organized by senior citizens' groups across the country, the activity was attended by the Minister for Senior Citizens and Grandparents of the Homeland, Magaly Viña, who empha…
(2026-01-22). Delcy Rodríguez expresses gratitude for Cuban president's message regarding fallen heroes in Venezuela. radiohc.cu Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, expressed her gratitude on Monday for the message from Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who conveyed his condolences to the Venezuelan people for the heroes who died during the US military aggression and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3. | "Yesterday I spoke with the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the first thing he conveyed to me were his heartfelt condolences to the Venezuelan people, the families and friends of our heroes and heroines who died in combat on January 3," said the actin…
(2026-01-22). Venezuela banks $300M from first U.S. brokered oil sale. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Venezuela has received $300 million in oil revenue from a U.S. facilitated crude sale, interim president Delcy Rodríguez announced on Tuesday, marking the first funds to flow under an oil agreement arranged after the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. Rodríguez said the funds, part of an expected $500‚ÄØmillion in proceeds from U.S. sales of Venezuelan crude, will be channeled into the foreign exchange market through national banks to help stabilize the bolívar and protect workers' purchasing power amid severe economic strain.Four Venezuelan banks have been told…
(2026-01-22). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government tries to join in US plans to plunder Venezuela. wsws.org There will be no genuine opposition to wars of plunder from a government that is also working to loot Venezuela—whether through sanctions, diplomatic activities, or active complicity with Trump.
(2026-01-22). We Are Pointing at Ourselves. counterpunch.org 
Every single moving mouth and face I see in the media seems to be obligated to stress the barbarity and illegitimacy of the Maduro government to establish some acceptable moral clarity, even before they can carry on with any analysis of the current political situation or the current political conditions in the world. Likewise, each personality seems obligated to make similar statements as a prerequisite to speaking on the Iranian regime and the religious leaders controlling the country. Each is evil, they must claim, and they expressively disagree and denounce them in all shapes and forms. Each is beyond the pale…