2026-01-29: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2026-01-29 3:26pm GMT

geo.tv (2026-01-29). No survivors found in Colombia plane crash with 15 aboard. geo.tv The image shows a Satena Airlines aircraft covering the route Bogota-Caracas, pictured upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Venezuela, on November 9, 2022. — AFPBOGOTA: Colombian authorities on Wednesday located a missing plane carrying 15 people in the…

Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. (2026-01-29). 'It Is Venezuela Today; It Will Be South Africa Tomorrow'. popularresistance.org Demanding the release of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, South Africa's largest trade union marched to the US consulate in Johannesburg on Saturday, January 24. | "In defending Venezuela, we defend the sovereignty of all nations," concluded the memorandum read aloud outside the consulate by Irvin Jim, general secretary of the over 460,000 members-strong National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). | "It is Venezuela today … It will be South Africa tomorrow," Jim warned in his address to the demonstration.

aljazeera (2026-01-29). Venezuela's police, military pledge loyalty to interim President Rodriguez. aljazeera.com Delcy Rodriguez receives loyalty pledge weeks after dozens killed in US military operation to abduct Nicolas Maduro.

Aaron Kirshenbaum (2026-01-29). The War Intervention: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment. counterpunch.org Early on Saturday, January 3rd, Venezuela was attacked on behalf of oil, mineral, tech, and weapons profiteers in a regime change operation. Since then, the Trump administration has threatened Iran, Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico. What unites these threats? The U.S.'s quest for endless resource extraction to power its increasingly deadly global empire. And it's not slowing down. These resource wars and "operations" are emerging as the AI drive also ramps up. In July, Palantir and the Pentagon signed a 10-year, $10 billion agreement. In April 2025, Palantir won a $30 million contract with ICE — a sign…

Silvana Solano Rodriguez, Venezuelanalysis. (2026-01-29). Progressive Activists, Officials Condemn Venezuela Attacks. popularresistance.org Delegates from governments, parliaments, and social movements across the globe gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, on January 25 for the inaugural "Nuestra América" summit. | Convened by the Progressive International at the San Carlos Palace, the emergency congress aimed to establish a unified strategy against what participants described as a "rapidly escalating assault" on Latin American sovereignty. | The high-level meeting, featuring 90 people from more than 20 countries, took place against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions and the Trump administration's express intent to impose its dictates in the Western…

Sahasranshu Dash (2026-01-29). Why Cuba is Back in the Crosshairs. counterpunch.org With Venezuela effectively neutralized as a regional adversary, Cuba has re-emerged as the next unresolved target of U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere. For the Trump administration, it represents an unfinished historical problem: a surviving challenge to U.S. hemispheric authority 90 miles from Florida. In response to the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro

ecns.cn (2026-01-29). Venezuela's armed forces recognize acting president as commander-in-chief. ecns.cn Venezuela's armed forces on Wednesday pledged loyalty to and formally recognized acting president Delcy Rodriguez as commander-in-chief during a military ceremony held in Caracas with the participation of the country's high military command.

albawaba (2026-01-29). Satena passenger plane with 15 aboard goes missing. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A passenger plane with 15 people on board went missing near Colombia's border with Venezuela on Wednesday, state airline Satena and aerospace authorities revealed on Wednesday.The flight departed from Cucuta and lost contact with the control tower shortly before it was due to land. It is worth mentioning that the plane was carrying 13 passengers and two crew members."It was scheduled to land around 12: 05 pm" in the nearby town of Ocana, the airline announced in a statement. Security and search workers have been dispatched, according to the air authority.
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Martha Rios (2026-01-29). Presidenta encargada de Venezuela es investida como comandante de FANB. radiohc.cu La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez fue investida este miércoles como Comandante en Jefe de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB). | La dignataria recibió las insignias que le confirieron el alto cargo en acto de lealtad, reconocimiento y juramento, encabezado por el ministro para la Defensa, general en jefe Vladimir Padrino, en el Patio de Honor de la Academia Militar de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana, en Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas. | Acompañaron a la mandataria los cinco componentes de la FANB, el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional (parlamento) Jorge Rodríguez, el vicepresidente sectorial d…

Staff (2026-01-29). Diplomatic Rapprochement Leads to Release of Frozen Funds for Venezuela's Healthcare and Energy. orinocotribune.com The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, has confirmed that respectful and courteous communication channels have been established with the government of the US empire. | "I reaffirm what President Donald Trump has said," she stated this Tuesday, January 27, "that we have established respectful and courteous communication channels, both with the president of the US and with Secretary Marco Rubio, with whom we are establishing a working agenda." | During the inauguration of the nephrology service at the University Hospital of Caracas, Rodríguez highlighted the Chavista government's willingness to resolve…

Binoy Kampmark (2026-01-29). The Gangster's Brief: The Barr Doctrine, Noriega and Maduro. counterpunch.org US President Donald Trump might leave an impression of violent novelty, at least for the leader of a nominal liberal democracy, soiling international relations with the gangster's touch. This sense of iconoclasm is misplaced. While his conduct regarding the abduction of Nicolás Maduro certainly dumps mightily on the precepts of international law, legal advisors in the US

Roberto Morejón (2026-01-29). Mexicanos esperanzados con medicamento cubano. radiohc.cu Una innovadora solución cubana para combatir las úlceras del pie diabético se vislumbra como un recurso a extenderse en México, después de ensayos y experiencias médicas aún en marcha. | Los Servicios Médicos Cubanos ofrecen atención a los pacientes diabéticos del archipiélago caribeño que incluye el Heberprot-P, desarrollado por el Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología. | Sometido a estudios, aprobado por las instancias regulatorias e incorporado al cuadro básico de medicamentos, el inyectable ha brindado certezas de ser único y eficaz en el tratamiento de úlceras del pie diabético. | Se trata de una de…

Juan Cole (2026-01-29). Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A Dutch court in the Hague has

Pablo Rafael Fuente (2026-01-29). A más bloqueo y agresiones de EE.UU., más intensa la solidaridad con Cuba. radiohc.cu Un ejemplo de ello será el IV Encuentro Internacional organizado por el Canal Europa por Cuba que se celebrará en Sevilla, España, del 30 de enero al 1 de febrero próximos con el objetivo de respaldar a la mayor de las Antillas frente a las embestidas de la actual administración de Washington del mandatario Donald Trump. | Líderes y miembros de movimientos solidarios y reconocidas personalidades del viejo continente, de América Latina, àÅfrica y Asia, así como representantes de Cuba y de sus residentes en el exterior, reafirmarán en esa cita el apoyo incondicional al decano archipiélago del Caribe. | Los pa…

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