2025-08-23: Venezuela Roundup

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Staff (2025-08-23). Venezuela Repatriates 666 Citizens on 4 Flights Amid US Deportation Policy. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( With the program's relaunch last February, nearly 11,000 Venezuelans have returned to their country after enduring hardship and xenophobia abroad, most from the United States. | The flights
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krish-rad_ind (2025-08-23). China, Iran Condemn US Empire's Military Threats Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2025-08-23). No to US imperialist aggression against Venezuela! For the unity of the working class across the Americas! wsws.org The military siege of Venezuela marks a new stage in an unprecedented escalation of US imperialist aggression against Latin America as a whole.

Staff (2025-08-23). Russia Expresses Support for Venezuela Amid US Military Threats. orinocotribune.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his country's unequivocal support for the Venezuelan government and President Nicolás Maduro in the face of growing US threats during a telephone conversation with Vice President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday. He made it clear that his country supports the efforts of the homeland of Bolívar and Chávez "to defend national sovereignty and guarantee institutional stability." | According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov expressed "solidarity with the Venezuelan government." Meanwhile, the parties confirmed their willingness to "continue strengthening bilateral strat…

Will Porter, Kyle Anzalone, AntiWar. (2025-08-23). Is Venezuela The Next Target Of The US Empire? popularresistance.org President Donald Trump has deployed several warships and thousands of Marines to the southern Caribbean — just miles off the coast of Venezuela. The provocative mission was launched under the guise of an anti-narcotics crusade, but risks disastrous outcomes for both countries. | While a war with Venezuela might seem unlikely, the move is sure to radically escalate tensions with the Latin American state, and in the worst-case scenario could become a trip-wire for direct conflict with Caracas. | According to a recent New York Times report, the president has signed a secret directive authorizing military actio…

WSWS (2025-08-22). US deploys Marines, landing craft in escalating threat to Venezuela. wsws.org The deployment of a US amphibious intervention force with 2,200 Marines aboard shatters Washington's flimsy claims that it was engaged in counter-narcotics activity.

scorinoco (2025-08-22). President of Nicaragua: US Aggression Against Venezuela Threatens All of Latin America. orinocotribune.com The co-president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, called for the unity of Latin American leaders amid the US threats of capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | "We call for unity from the grassroots of the peoples and for the dignity of Latin American leaders to defend the sovereignty of their own peoples, because the threat against our brother Nicolás Maduro is also a threat to the sovereignty of Venezuela and that of all Latin America and the Caribbean. This cannot be overlooked," emphasized Ortega. | The Nicaraguan president made this statement at the 13th Special Summit of Heads of State and Government…

scorinoco (2025-08-22). Defense Minister of Venezuela: US Should Not Dare Attack the Nation. orinocotribune.com The minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, warned the United States government not to "dare set foot on Venezuelan territory," emphasizing that any action that threatens Venezuelan sovereignty would be considered "an aggression against all of Latin America and the Caribbean." This statement comes in response to the US military deployment in the Caribbean. | In a video address published on Thursday, August 21, Minister Padrino López warned the US, "Do not be mistaken, here there is an FANB and a people with dignity, with a patriotic conscience, ready to defend their sovereignty and self-determin…

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