(2025-09-09). Venezuela's PSUV: We Neither Want Nor Call for War. orinocotribune.com This Monday, the secretary general of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, stated that the Venezuelan government and people are not seeking military confrontation with any country. However, he insisted that Venezuela is preparing for "any external aggression." | "We are not calling for war of any kind, nor do we want war with anyone. However, our people must be prepared and alert at all times, on all fronts, in all ways and forms," Cabello said during a press conference held at the Specialization Center of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in Carmen de Uria, La Guaira state. | T…
(2025-09-09). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez: 85% of Drug Trafficking Profits Remain in the United States. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez denounced an attempt to launch an armed attack against Venezuela using the alleged presence of drug trafficking in the country as an excuse. This occurs within the context of the United States military deployment in the Caribbean. | She also mentioned that 85% of the profits from this illicit business remain in the United States, citing a United Nations report, specifically in its financial system. Rodríguez added that during the financial crisis in 2009, "the bailout was possible thanks to drug trafficking funds in US banks." | During a press conference with…
(2025-09-09). U.S. Attacks on Venezuela Are a Threat to All of Latin America and the Caribbean. counterpunch.org 
One of President Trump's first executive orders since returning to the presidency in January was the designation of certain drug cartels as "terrorist" organizations. In doing this, Trump signaled a renewed war on drugs with the possibility of the United States military acting unilaterally throughout Latin America.
(2025-09-09). 'I Am Getting Ready'—What Is the Civil Militia That Nicolás Maduro Is Mobilizing? orinocotribune.com By Irene Zugasti — Sep 8, 2025 | "'I am enlisting'": Images of the enlistment campaign issued from Caracas following the announcement of the deployment of US warships to the Caribbean Sea have been shared worldwide and have attracted the attention of international media. The campaign to join the ranks of the national civil militia (Venezuela's Bolivarian Militia), which began at the end of August following the first movements of warships off the coast of Venezuela, has become a permanent enlistment system and according to the Venezuelan president's report last Monday, there are now 8.2 million people in its…
(2025-09-09). Former UK PM Boris Johnson Accused of Taking $325,000 for Meeting With Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro as Questions Mount Over Motives. latintimes.com Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing fresh scrutiny after leaked documents known as the Boris Files revealed he allegedly received $325,000 weeks after a private 2024 meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
(2025-09-09). TRUMP SENDS WARSHIPS NEAR VENEZUELA OSTENSIBLY TO COMBAT CARTELS, BUT ACTUALLY A MESSAGE FOR MADURO. trendsjournal.com U.S. President Donald Trump has positioned naval assets in international waters off the coast of Venezuela to ostensibly prevent the flow of drugs from the South American country into America, but the move was seen as more of an effort to create instability in Caracas in hopes of destabilizing Nicolás Maduro's grip on the country.
(2025-09-09). Sovereignty First: Venezuela Warns Against Foreign Interference. orinocotribune.com 
In a world where national security and sovereignty are increasingly challenged, Venezuela's Defense Minister, General Vladimir Padrino Lopez, recently provided a robust update on the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) activities aimed at safeguarding the nation. | Amid escalating tensions, particularly related to alleged Security Operations Along…
(2025-09-09). Venezuelan VP Claims Drug Seizures Increased Fivefold Since DEA's Exit: 'We Know We Do It Better'. latintimes.com Vice President Rodríguez cited United Nations drug reports from the last 27 years, which she said do not classify Venezuela as a significant route for cocaine trafficking…
(2025-09-09). High-Ranking Venezuelan Official Warns U.S. Military Pressure Seeks to 'Kill Venezuelan Identity Itself'. latintimes.com Villegas drew parallels to U.S. policy before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying that stigmatizing Venezuela's image internationally is meant to justify aggressive actions…
(2025-09-09). Venezuelan VP Says Trump Should Target Pacific Routes, Not Caribbean, 'If Stopping Drug Flow Is the Real Goal'. latintimes.com "It would be much easier for the United States to combat and pursue money laundering within its own territory than to send ships to threaten a peaceful nation like Venezuela," added Vice President Rodriguez…
(2025-09-09). Nicolás Maduro Moves Up Christmas in Venezuela by Decree Again, Amid Rising Tensions with Washington. latintimes.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that Christmas celebrations in the country will begin by decree on October 1, 2025, two months earlier than the traditional start of the season. The declaration comes as tensions mount between Caracas and Washington following the deployment of U.S. military forces in Caribbean waters close to Venezuela.
(2025-09-09). The Rift in Trump World Over Venezuela. theintercept.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, center, with Richard Grenell, Donald Trump's special envoy, left, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2025. Photo: Venezuela Presidential Press Office via AP | On September 2, President Donald Trump
(2025-09-09). Iran Voices Support for Venezuela's Territorial Integrity against US Provocations. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed Iran's firm backing for Venezuela's sovereignty and territorial integrity, denouncing the US' provocative actions against the Latin American nation.
(2025-09-09). GOP Representative Calls for Maduro Regime to Be "Crushed and Eliminated" by the US. latintimes.com U.S. Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez declared on social media that Maduro's "narco-terrorist regime must be crush and eliminated once and for all."