2025-12-01: Venezuela Roundup

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Staff (2025-12-01). Pese a las amenazas, Copa Airlines mantiene vuelos a Venezuela. cubadebate.cu La aerolínea de bandera panameña Copa Airlines informó este sábado que sus "operaciones de vuelo sobre el espacio aéreo venezolano se mantienen abiertas", aunque lo hace "con altos niveles de alerta y precaución, solo en horarios diurnos".
| "Copa Airlines también se encuentra en permanente comunicación con la Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), la cual ha reiterado que no ha modificado su nivel oficial de alerta ni posición regulatoria".

Staff (2025-12-01). Venezuela to Launch Special Plan to Help Travelers Stranded in Airports Abroad Due to Trump's Actions (+Trump Confirms Phone Call). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced Saturday that President Nicolás Maduro ordered the implementation of a special plan for the return of Venezuelan nationals stranded in other countries, as well as facilitating the departure of those who need to travel out of Venezuela. This decision comes after several international airlines decided to suspend their flights to Venezuela, following warmongering actions taken by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and President Donald Trump himself. | Despite US imperialism's destabilization attempts, local and international air-traffic in Venezuela has r…

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-01). Sen. Kaine Says He'll Reintroduce Venezuela War Powers Resolution. news.antiwar.com Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said on Sunday that he plans to reintroduce a War Powers Resolution that would block President Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization. Kaine's previous bill to block an attack on Venezuela failed in a vote of 49-51, with just two Republicans, supporting the resolution, but he expects …

en.mehrnews (2025-12-01). Maduro tells US he is ready to resign in 18 months: Report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — During informal talks with US representatives, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro indicated his readiness to step down in 18 months, according to media reports.

Roger D. Harris (2025-12-01). Two Peace Prizes: The Nobel Legitimizes the Empire's War on Venezuela While the US Peace Prize Honors Resistance. orinocotribune.com

Michael K. Smith (2025-11-30). The Return of Elliot Abrams. counterpunch.org Elliot Abrams, U.S. special envoy to Venezuela during Trump's first term, said in a recent Foreign Affairs article that the president's advisors should promptly persuade him that the point of no return has already been passed in Venezuela, and that the only possible outcomes are that either Trump or Maduro will win the contest that is now well underway. Forthrightly titled, "How To Topple Maduro," Abrams calls for doing more than blowing up "narco-trafficking boats" (i.e. Caribbean fishing vessels), though he does not go so far as to advocate the deployment of U.S. ground troops in the South American nation. | To…

aljazeera (2025-11-30). What is driving US President's Trump's actions against Venezuela? aljazeera.com Donald Trump declared Venezuela's airspace 'closed' on Saturday.

en.mehrnews (2025-11-30). Venezuela lauds Iran's support for its national sovereignty. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil expressed gratitude to Iran for condemning the United States' decision to declare Venezuela's airspace closed, calling Tehran's stance a courageous defense of his country's sovereignty.

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-11-30). US Regime Change Interventionism Is Reliably Disastrous, And Other Notes. caitlinjohnstone.com.au ‚ùñ | Trump has bizarrely "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY." | It isn't even clear what precise…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-30). Iran slams US decision to declare Venezuelan airspace closed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has denounced the US president's move to declare Venezuela's airspace closed, calling it a blatant violation of fundamental international legal norms.

en.mehrnews (2025-11-30). Venezuela denounces US aggression after Trump's post. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — The Venezuelan government on Saturday strongly condemned the US threat that "seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace," calling it "another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people."

Orinoco Tribune. (2025-11-30). President Maduro Proposes Commune-Based Electoral System. popularresistance.org President Nicolás Maduro visited the Simón Bolívar Socialist Commune in Caracas's 23 de Enero parish Thursday, where he praised Venezuela's communal democracy as direct and real and called for a new electoral system rooted in the communes. | He announced that "starting with the next popular consultation, in addition to the prizes for the most active communes, the most-voted communal circuit in each state will automatically have all seven projects submitted by the community approved"—meaning they will receive state funding.

Ed Newman (2025-11-30). Cuba condemns U.S. closure of Venezuelan airspace. radiohc.cu Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has condemned the U.S. government's announcement to close Venezuelan airspace. | On his social media profile, the top Cuban diplomat described the act as aggressive and emphasized that no state has authority beyond its national borders. | "It constitutes a very serious threat to International Law and an escalation of military aggression and psychological warfare against the Venezuelan people and government, with incalculable and unpredictable consequences for peace, security, and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean," he wrote. | Cuba's foreign minister also called o…

Ed Newman (2025-11-30). ALBA-TCP ship carrying new shipment of humanitarian aid departs Venezuela for Cuba. radiohc.cu The ship "Manuel Gual" of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) departed Friday night from the port of La Guaira state, Venezuela, with a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba. | The executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, Rander Peña, explained that this new shipment of humanitarian aid is intended to reinforce the restoration and recovery work being carried out on the Caribbean island after Hurricane Melissa. | Peña reported that the ship from this regional organization is departing with more than 7,110 tons of supplies destined for road and housing repairs. | The s…

newarab (2025-11-30). Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace 'closed'. newarab.com US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his Caracas, which views a large US military buildup in the Caribbean as a pressure campaign to oust "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,…

aljazeera (2025-11-30). Is US President Donald Trump preparing to strike Venezuela? aljazeera.com Venezuela slams Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed amid rising tensions.

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