2025-12-16: Venezuela Roundup

So far today: 2025-12-17 05:11am GMT

Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (2025-12-16). Cuba denounces US attack on Venezuelan Oil Industry. plenglish.com Havana, Dec. 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States government of waging a multi-front war against Venezuela, denouncing the recent cyberattack against the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

eng.belta.by (2025-12-16). Lukashenko warns USA against military operation in Venezuela. eng.belta.by The situation in relations between the USA and Venezuela can be resolved in an absolutely peaceful way, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with the U.S. media company Newsmax.

A A (2025-12-16). A U.S. invasion of Venezuela would be slow, costly and a historic mistake. strategic-culture.su ByAndrew LATHAM | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Article Summary — Any U.S. war in Venezuela would be slow, costly, and stra…

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-16). Trinidad and Tobago To Open Its Airports to US Military as US Continues Buildup Near Venezuela. news.antiwar.com Trinidad and Tobago will allow the US military to use its airports in the coming weeks, according to a statement from the Caribbean island nation's Foreign Ministry, as the US continues ramping up military activity near Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago's Foreign Ministry cited recent military cooperation with the US in its statement, including the recent …

Martha Rios (2025-12-16). Presidente Maduro agradece a pueblo de Venezuela por respuesta ante agresión de EEUU. radiohc.cu El presidente Nicolás Maduro agradeció este lunes al pueblo de Venezuela por su respuesta contundente y certera ante la agresión imperialista y manipulación de la ultraderecha fascista, que llamó a invadir su país. | Durante la edición 99 de su programa Con Maduro +, el gobernante comentó sobre las 300 marchas nocturnas que se desarrollaron esta jornada en igual número de territorios, a lo largo y ancho de la República Bolivariana.Esa derecha fascista de Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó, Julio Borges, La Sayona (María Corina Machado) y David Smolansky pidieron se invadiera militarmente este país", subrayó. | Recordó l…

Martha Rios (2025-12-16). Venezuela: EEUU es responsable de ciberataque y piratería para desestabilizar sector energético. radiohc.cu Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) denunció este lunes, en un comunicado oficial, haber sido víctima de un sofisticado ataque cibernético dirigido específicamente a paralizar su funcionamiento. | La empresa estatal señaló que esta acción delictiva forma parte integral de la estrategia sostenida y agresiva del Gobierno estadounidense, cuyo objetivo final es la apropiación ilegítima de las vastas reservas de petróleo venezolano mediante el uso de la fuerza y prácticas de piratería moderna en aguas del mar Caribe. | PDVSA detalló que, gracias a la experiencia, preparación y capacidad técnica de su personal especializado…

aljazeera (2025-12-16). Top Trump aide suggests boat strikes aim to topple Venezuela's Maduro. aljazeera.com White House's Susie wiles appears to contradict the official narrative portraying the attacks as an antidrug campaign.

eng.belta.by (2025-12-16). Lukashenko draws parallel between presidential elections in USA, Venezuela. eng.belta.by One of the questions to the head of state concerned the relations between Venezuela and the United States. The conversation addressed, among other things, the USA's refusal to recognize the outcome of Venezuela's presidential election, which resulted in a victory for Nicolas Maduro.

Sharon Black, Struggle La Lucha. (2025-12-16). At Army—Navy Game, Activists Confront Trump Over Venezuela. popularresistance.org Baltimore, Dec. 13 — Activists shifted the spotlight from the pageantry of the Army—Navy game, using Donald Trump's attendance as a platform to center a powerful demand: "No war on Venezuela." | Hundreds lined the streets outside the stadium where Trump was scheduled to appear, unfurling banners that read, "No war on Venezuela and Palestine" and "No to ICE — Money for jobs, education, and health care." | Andrew Matatag, representing the publication Struggle-La Lucha, drew a sharp contrast. "Almost every police agency on record — from the Secret Service to Homeland Security — is amass…

en.mehrnews (2025-12-16). Caracas, Moscow to continue boosting strategic relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) — Strategic relations between Caracas and Moscow will continue to grow next year, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said.

John Feffer (2025-12-16). The Geopolitics of Trump's Campaign Against Venezuela. counterpunch.org Donald Trump certainly has global ambitions. He is using tariffs to remake the global economy. He is withdrawing the United States from as many multinational organizations and agreements as possible in order to destroy the liberal international order. And he has alternated between confronting adversaries (like Iran) and brokering ceasefires (like the one in Gaza).

asorinoco (2025-12-16). JetBlue Passenger Jet Nearly Clashes with US Military Plane in Curaàßao off the Coast of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, a flight from the US airline JetBlue departing from the small Caribbean island of Curaàßao, heading toward John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, halted its ascent to avoid colliding with an unresponsive US Air Force refueling aircraft. The commercial pilot blamed the military plane for crossing its path. Curaàßao is situated 35 miles off the coast of Venezuela. | "We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said in a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. "They went directly into our flight path… They do not have their transponder on; it is outrageous…

eng.belta.by (2025-12-16). Lukashenko asked whether Belarus is ready to shelter Maduro. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "Maduro has never been our enemy or adversary. Never. If he wanted to come to Belarus, our doors are always open for him. But frankly speaking, we've never talked about it. Maduro is not the kind of man to leave everything and flee."

newarab (2025-12-16). US kills 8 in eastern Pacific strikes on alleged drug boats. newarab.com Strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Since early September, the US military under

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-12-16). ECLAC maintains plan of 2.4 percent of the regional GDP increase. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today maintained its forecasts of a rise in the regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.4 percent for this year and 2.3 percent next year.

Phyllis Bennis, Khury Petersen-Smith (2025-12-16). Asking the Right Questions When Lawless U.S. Officials Go on a Murder Spree. fpif.org What we are witnessing in the Caribbean and elsewhere today has been years in the making. Who will put a stop to it?

Newswire Editor (2025-12-16). Death Toll Hits 95 in US Military's Horrific, Illegal Air Strike Campaign. commondreams.org Responding to the U.S. military's Southern Command's announcement of three air strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean killing eight people, Amnesty International USA's Director of Security and Human Rights, Daphne Eviatar, said: "With three air strikes killing eight people, Monday was the deadliest day since October in the U.S. military's horrific, illegal campaign in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean."This ramping up of the bombing campaign despite increased pressure from Congress signals the administration's total disregard for the law. Congress must do everything in its power to rein in this administration's…

202512170011 | f4 | 27 | 1383 | 14915