(2025-10-08). Donald Trump Jr. Claims Latinos In The U.S. Would Be 'Grateful If Trump Liberated Venezuela': 'They Escaped That Crap Once'. latintimes.com Donald Trump Jr. agreed with a claim that all Latinos in the U.S. would be "grateful" if his father "liberated" Venezuela, as tensions linger with the U.S.'s deployment of troops and assets of the South American country's coast…
(2025-10-08). Is American Carnage About to Spread to Venezuela? fpif.org Every autocrat needs an enemy who threatens the country—preferably from both sides of the border. Such an enemy can serve as the reason to suspend the rule of law and boost executive power. | For Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it's been the Kurds. For India's Narendra Modi, it's been the Muslims. For Russia's Vladimir Putin, it was first the Chechens, then Alexei Navalny and his followers, and now the Ukrainians. | Donald Trump has built his political career—and, frankly, his entire personality—on the identification of enemies. His presidential run back in 2016 required belittling his rivals in…
(2025-10-08). President Maduro: Venezuela Informed US of Terrorist Plot Against US Embassy in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Following the warning, The US Embassy in Caracas has been technically closed since early 2019. | On Monday night, during the p…
(2025-10-08). U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Celebrates Arrest Of Tren De Aragua Leader: 'Good For The Mexican People'. latintimes.com U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson celebrated the arrest of an alleged leader of Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua in the country…
(2025-10-08). Bringing A Howitzer To A Knife Fight: US Armada Off Venezuela. popularresistance.org Donald Trump boasted striking small boats off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to "blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water." Claiming destruction of enough drugs to kill 25,000, he called the extrajudicial murders "an act of kindness." Then he ominously hinted at a US land invasion of Venezuela now that the marine route for drugs had been obliterated. | The Miami Herald described the "precision strike" as targeting the Tren de Aragua (TdA) criminal organization. Then, in the very next sentence, the newspaper lauded the strike at the "heart of Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles," as if the two entities were o…
(2025-10-08). Venezuela Activates 'Independence Plan' To Protect Strategic Assets As Tensions With U.S. Escalate. latintimes.com Venezuela's authoritarian government activated its "Independence Plan 200," a series of drills aimed at protecting strategic assets as tensions with the U.S. continue to escalate…
(2025-10-08). Top Democrats Set To Force Senate Vote To Block Trump's Strikes On Vessels Off Venezuela's Coast. latintimes.com Democratic Senator Adam Schiff anticipated that he, along with colleague Tim Kaine, will force a vote to block the strikes on vessels off the Venezuelan coast, which the Trump administration claims is aimed at eradicating drug-trafficking…
(2025-10-08). Venezuelan Defense Minister Says U.S. Might Send Special Forces To Carry Out Targeted Assassinations. latintimes.com Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said the U.S. might send special forces to the country to carry out targeted assassinations, as well as sabotages to strategic assets, as tensions with Washington remain high…
(2025-10-08). Republican Rep. Claims 'The Inevitable Is Near' For Maduro In Venezuela Despite Push To Block Trump's Strikes In The Caribbean. latintimes.com Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez claimed the end of Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian rule in Venezuela is close to an end despite initiatives in the U.S. Congress to block the Trump administration from conducting strikes in the Caribbean…
(2025-10-08). U.S. Downplays Alleged Plot Against Venezuelan Embassy After Regime Warns Of False Flag Operation. latintimes.com Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and other senior officials claimed earlier this week that "extremist sectors of the local right" planned to place explosives near the U.S. Embassy. The U.S. government dismissed the claim…
(2025-10-08). Ministro cubano condena actitud guerrerista de EE.UU. contra Venezuela. radiohc.cu El ministro cubano de Relaciones Exteriores, Bruno Rodríguez condenó una vez más la postura hegemónica e injerencista de la Casa Blanca contra la Revolución bolivariana. | En su cuenta en la red social X, el canciller manifestó su apoyo a la Declaración de Casa de las Américas que advierte que el propósito real de la creciente embestida militar y mediática de EE.UU. es un viejo anhelo imperial de aplastar a la Revolución bolivariana y controlar los inmensos recursos estratégicos de Venezuela. | El jefe de la diplomacia cubana vinculó a su mensaje el texto de la institución cultural que con el título 'El destino d…
(2025-10-08). Trump calls off talks with Venezuela as US considers cartel targets on land. scmp.com US President Donald Trump has called off US diplomatic engagement with Venezuela, people familiar with the move have said, a decision that favours Secretary of State Marco Rubio's more hardline approach and may lead to further military escalation. | Trump told Richard Grenell, a long-time aide who had been leading diplomacy with Venezuela, that he should stop pursuing a deal with Nicolas Maduro's administration, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because they were not…
(2025-10-08). Venezuela denounces extremists plan to place explosives in the U.S. Embassy. radiohc.cu The Venezuelan government has denounced that right-wing extremists are planning to plant explosives in the United States embassy in Caracas, in what is believed to be a false flag operation. | Jorge Rodríguez, head of the Venezuelan Peace Dialogues process, reported in a message posted on his Telegram channel that Caracas warned the administration headed by President Donald Trump about what he described as "a grave threat." | "In my capacity as head of dialogue and peace in Venezuela, I want to announce that, through three different channels, we have warned the US government of a grave threat. Through a false fla…
(2025-10-08). Venezuela Marches in Solidarity With Palestine. orinocotribune.com 
(2025-10-08). Colombian President Petro Warns U.S. Is Set To 'Launch An Invasion Based On Lies' As Trump Cuts Off Diplomatic Outreach. latintimes.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed that the U.S. will invade Venezuela following a report about President Donald Trump ending all diplomatic outreach to the South American country…
(2025-10-08). International Forum Denounces War, Calls for Global Solidarity From Venezuela to Palestine. orinocotribune.com A powerful message of international solidarity echoed through the packed Assembly Hall at Manhattan's Riverside Church on September 25. The forum, titled "No to War Against Humanity, from Venezuela to Cuba, Nicaragua, Palestine," brought together diplomats, activists, and community leaders to condemn escalating warfare and build a unified front for peace. | The
(2025-10-08). Venezuela: Presidente Maduro despide y condecora a embajador de Cuba. radiohc.cu 
El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro despidió este martes al embajador de Cuba en Caracas, Dagoberto Rodríguez, quien terminó su misión oficial luego de seis años. | En el acto en el Palacio de Miraflores, sede del Gobierno, en compañía de la primera combatiente Cilia Flores; el canciller Yván Gil; viceministros; representantes de la misión oficial de la isla y del cuerpo diplomático, el mandatario condecoró a Rodríguez con la Orden Francisco de Miranda en su Primera Clase. | "Dagoberto tiene mucho que decir y contar para la diplomacia revolucionaria para los pueblos de América latina y el Caribe", señaló e…
(2025-10-08). Cuba: Casa de las Américas Denounces US Military Escalation Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Casa de las Américas denounced the resurgence of US interventionist policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, aggravated by the deployment of ships, submarines and military personnel under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. | In a statement issued October 7, the Havana-based cultural institution warned of a possible US military escalation against Venezuela following the intensification of confrontational rhetoric toward its government. | The recent naval maneuvers and diplomatic pressure actions respond to a strategy aimed at preparing for a conflict scenario, the text states, recalling that Washington h…