2026-02-11: Venezuela Roundup

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Editor (2026-02-11). US Holds Secret Indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, Top Opposition Journo Claims. scheerpost.com Delcy Rodríguez (26-01-2026). Presidencia de Venezuela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a By Max Blumenthal / The Trump administration is using a secret indictment to assert…

Guillermo R Barreto (2026-02-11). Amnesty in Venezuela is neither weakness nor oblivion. peoplesdispatch.org The Bolivarian Revolution has called on the sectors opposed to the government to follow paths framed by democracy, coexistence, and the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Sara Flounders (2026-02-11). Who is Cilia Flores? Who is Delcy Rodríguez? workers.org Cilia Flores, kidnapped with President Nicolás Maduro and held prisoner in New York City, is, in the corporate media, often relegated to the dismissive, nondescriptive title of "First Lady." This suggests she is a mere appendage to the Venezuelan head of state. International Women's Day, March 8, 2026. Flores has . . . |

albawaba (2026-02-11). Venezuela resumes oil exports to Israel under US-backed interim rule. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Venezuela has shipped crude oil to Israel for the first time since mid-2020, signaling a sharp shift in its energy policy and foreign alignments following the installation of an interim government under US oversight, according to industry sources.The cargo, dispatched quietly due to political sensitivities, is bound for Israel's Bazan Group, the country's largest oil refiner. The shipment marks a notable departure from Venezuela's long-standing boycott of Israel, which began in 2009 when Caracas severed diplomatic relations over the Gaza conflict under then-president Nicolás Maduro.The move follows the…

Staff (2026-02-11). Jorge Rodríguez: Venezuela Exercises Full Control Over Its Sovereignty. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, asserted that Venezuela is exercising full control of its sovereignty while advancing in the construction of new diplomatic and energy relations with the US under principles of mutual respect and collaboration. | Through social media, the legislator Jorge Rodríguez: "President Maduro a…

Guillermo R Barreto (2026-02-11). An Amnesty is Neither Weakness nor Oblivion. counterpunch.org On 20 May 2017, during a violent protest planned by sectors of the Venezuelan opposition, 21-year-old Orlando Figuera was attacked by a mob that accused him of being a Chavista. After being stabbed, he was doused with gasoline and set on fire in front of everyone present. Young Orlando was admitted to a hospital with multiple wounds

Ed Newman (2026-02-11). Venezuelan government denies crude oil shipment to Israel. radiohc.cu Venezuelan Vice President and Communications Minister Miguel àÅngel Pérez Pirela denied on Tuesday that crude oil had been shipped to Israel, after several media outlets reported the story, citing Bloomberg, amid a context in which the country has shown signs of opening up to foreign capital through oil sales. | On Telegram, Pirela shared an image of the Bloomberg headline with a red sign that reads "fake," without adding any further comment. | According to Bloomberg, the shipment was transported by the Israeli conglomerate Bazan Group and was the first shipment from Venezuela to Israel "in years," a countr…

Staff (2026-02-11). US Southern Command Resumes Extrajudicial Killings as Piracy Spreads to Indian Ocean. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The operation, conducted by the Southern Spear Join…

Miacel Spotted Elk (2026-02-11). Gwich'in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development. grist.org The Bureau of Land Management Raeann Garnett, 29, is Gwich'in and the tribal chief of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, representing about 200 people above the Arctic Circle in northeastern Alaska, accessible only by plane. In January, the Native America…

Former U.S. Diplomat Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2026-02-11). It's Time To Go To Cuba In Solidarity Against Latest US Aggressions. popularresistance.org I came back from Cuba over last weekend. I had not been in Cuba since a year ago. | Despite the warnings from the U.S. State Department and Marco Rubio, now is the time for U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba in solidarity with the Cuban people against the latest U.S. aggressions in the Caribbean and Latin America. | Now of all times, it is important for U.S. citizens to show solidarity with the Cuban people against the threats of the U.S. government by travelling to Cuba. | Yet, most U.S. citizens do not realize that they can go to Cuba as an individual or in a group.

Agence France-Presse (2026-02-11). Colombia's president says he escaped assassination attempt while in helicopter. scmp.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday he had escaped an assassination attempt hours earlier, after months of warnings about an alleged plot by drug traffickers to target him. | On Monday night, Petro's helicopter was unable to land at his destination on the Caribbean coast because of fears that unspecified people "were going to shoot" at it, he said.

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