2025-12-17: Venezuela Roundup

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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…

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

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 …

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

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 |

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 …

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 …

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."

Miguel Santos García (2025-12-16). US Moves Unto Piracy to Enforce Its Sanctions Against Venezuela. Escalation of Its Economic and Military Campaign? globalresearch.ca The United States has escalated its military and economic campaign against the Venezuelan government by moving beyond economic sanctions to the

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 …

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…

cborinoco (2025-12-16). Venezuela Terminates Gas Supply to Trinidad and Tobago Over Complicity in US Crimes. orinocotribune.com Caracas accuses the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago of maintaining a hostile agenda against Venezuela since taking office and of being criminally complicit in US military massacres of civilians in the Caribbean. | The government of Venezuela announced the immediate termination of any contract, agreement, or negotiation for the supply of natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago following the direct complicity of that country's government in the theft of Venezuelan oil carried out by the US administration on December 10 through the seizure of an oil tanker. | In an official statement dated December 15, 2025, in Car…

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,…

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-16). US Blows Up Three More Boats in the Eastern Pacific. news.antiwar.com US Southern Command announced on Monday night that its forces bombed three more alleged drug-running boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the Trump administration continues the extra-judicial executions at sea amid increasing scrutiny of the bombing campaign. SOUTHCOM claimed, without providing any evidence, that the boats were engaged in "narco-trafficking." It said that the …

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

Staff (2025-12-16). Headlines for December 16, 2025. democracynow.org Pentagon Says It Blew Up Three More Alleged Drug Boats as Trump Declares Fentanyl a WMD, Palestinians in Gaza Face Flooded Tents and Collapsed Buildings from Winter Storm, Australia's Prime Minister Says Bondi Beach Gunmen Were Inspired by ISIS, Social Media Sites Amplify False Accusations Against Man Who Shares Bondi Beach Attacker's Name, Manhunt for Brown University Gunman Enters Fourth Day, Trump Loyalist Announces First Indictment of Left-Wing Activists After Trump's Antifa Order, Veterans Administration to Cut Another 35,000 Healthcare Jobs, Former CDC Leaders Who Criticized RFK Jr. Will L…

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?

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