2025-12-17: Venezuela Roundup

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Editor (2025-12-17). Anti War News of the Day Video. scheerpost.com This week's global flashpoints highlight the United States' increasingly aggressive foreign policy and the escalating conflicts around the world. In Washington, the House prepares to vote on a war powers resolution aimed at preventing President Trump from unilaterally launching military action against Venezuela, even as US forces continue operations in the Eastern Pacific and across …

Staff (2025-12-17). Venezuela denunciará ante la ONU "temeraria y grave" orden de Trump para bloqueo naval. cubadebate.cu En un comunicado, Caracas señala que Trump "asume que el petróleo, tierras y riquezas mineras de Venezuela son de su propiedad", rechaza el intento "absolutamente irracional" de imponer un bloqueo militar naval y advierte que formalizará una denuncia ante la ONU, con apego a la Carta de Naciones Unidas.

Editor (2025-12-17). Experts Say Even Average Venezuelans Critical of Maduro Won't Back Regime Change. scheerpost.com By Rodrigo Acuña for Truthout President Donald Trump has escalated threats against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in recent weeks, and reports now say the Trump administration is preparing for the days after a potential Maduro overthrow. What might happen in such a scenario? In November, Michael Crowley at The New York Times pursued this question by reminding readers that, during Trump's …

Pip Hinman (2025-12-17). Stop the US military aggression in the Caribbean! Hands off Venezuela! greenleft.org.au Stop the US military aggression in the Caribbean! Hands off Venezuela! | Pip Hinman |

Editor (2025-12-17). Julian Assange: Sweden Broke Own Laws With Nobel Prize to Venezuela's Machado. scheerpost.com

Editor (2025-12-17). 'Unquestionably an Act of War': Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela. scheerpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-17). Trump Declares 'Total and Complete Blockade' of 'Sanctioned Oil Tankers' in and Out of Venezuela. news.antiwar.com President Trump on Tuesday issued a post on Truth Social where he declared a "total and complete blockade" of all "sanctioned oil tankers" going into or out of Venezuela, as he continues to take aggressive action against the country with the aim of ousting President Nicolas Maduro. "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada …

Staff (2025-12-17). Venezuela Condemns US Piracy Before UN as Killings Resume; US Debate Heats Up, and Trinidad Lends Airports to US Military Operations. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The letter, presented by Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, to Security Council President Samuel Z'bogar of Slovenia, concerns the Dec. 10, 2025, incident in international waters of the Caribbean wherein US forces targeted a private oil tanker engaged in legitimate trade while it transported Venezu…

Staff (2025-12-17). PDVSA informa que la exportación de crudo y derivados se desarrolla con normalidad. cubadebate.cu Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), en su condición de empresa estatal responsable de la gestión integral de la industria petrolera de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, informa al país y a la comunidad internacional que las operaciones de exportación de crudo y derivados se desarrollan con normalidad.

Staff (2025-12-17). CON FILO Cuba y Venezuela, una sola bandera (+ Video). cubadebate.cu "Cuba y Venezuela, una sola bandera". Así se exclamó en la Asamblea de los Pueblos por la Paz y la Soberanía de Nuestra América, celebrada la semana pasada en Caracas. Allí estuvimos, invitados por ese hermano país, para constatar las discrepancias entre la realidad venezolana y el relato mediático. De ello hablamos en el último programa.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2025-12-17). Deadly US Strikes Hit Eastern Pacific Hours After Fentanyl Declared WMD. popularresistance.org The US military carried out an airstrike targeting several alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean late on 15 December, killing eight people just hours after US President Donald Trump announced that Washington is officially declaring Fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). | The army's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said it bombed "designated terrorist organizations" with "lethal kinetic strikes." | SOUTHCOM added that eight were killed — "Three in the first vessel, two in the second, and three in the third."

fishbein (2025-12-17). US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America Live Updates. cepr.net

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 …

Staff (2025-12-16). Venezuela Reports Cyberattack Against Oil Company (+EU Renews Sanctions). orinocotribune.com On Monday, Venezuela's public oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), reported that it was the target of a cyberattack aimed at disrupting its operations. The attempted act of aggression is said to be part of the US government's strategy to seize Venezuela's oil through force and piracy, according to a PDVSA statement. | The document stated, "Thanks to the expertise of PDVSA's human talent, the operational areas were not affected, with the attack limited to its administrative system." | It added that "the operational capacity of the oil industry is maintained through the implementation of security protocols,…

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

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