https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/09/venezuela-iran-missile-system-2020-memo-00863522
Showing posts with label Maduro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maduro. Show all posts
Friday, April 10, 2026
Venezuela sought Iranian missile system in 2020, memo shows - POLITICO
The Venezuelan Defense Ministry under now-ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in 2020 allocated funds to purchase a ballistic missile system from Iran valued at more than $400 million, according to two people familiar with internal administrative documents authorizing the transaction...
Thursday, March 26, 2026
US traveller recounts brutal detention in Venezuela’s feared prisons: ‘They beat me, chained me up’
James Luckey's ordeal sheds light on the mistreatment political prisoners faced under Nicolás Maduro…
Friday, January 30, 2026
Saturday, January 10, 2026
DeSantis repeats unfounded claim that Maduro sent freed Venezuelan prisoners to the US - PolitiFact
Immigration experts in the United States and Latin America and groups that track Venezuelan prisons said Venezuela has no known policy or practice of sending prisoners to the U.S., and Venezuelan prisons remain overcrowded...
Friday, January 9, 2026
‘People would attempt to flee’: Concern grows over possible Cuba collapse - POLITICO
An economic collapse in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida's shores, could bring with it stark consequences for the United States, given the high risk of human suffering over lack of food, energy and other resources that could drive mass migration, according to five former U.S. officials who worked on Latin America policy.
And while the Trump administration believes Cuba will fail in the wake of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's capture, there is concern that the U.S. doesn't have a plan to manage the fallout...
Senate votes to limit Trump on Venezuela - POLITICO
The Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation that would force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any new military action in Venezuela, a stunning rebuke for the White House in the first big test of GOP unity since the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/senate-votes-to-restrict-trump-on-venezuela-00716127
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Trump officials tell Congress: No troops in Venezuela - POLITICO
"They are talking about stealing the Venezuelan oil at gunpoint, for an undefined period of time, as leverage to micromanage the country," said Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat. "The scope and insanity of that plan is absolutely stunning."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/senators-venezuela-maduro-congress-00714417
They Fled Maduro and Cheered His Downfall. But They Fear Deportations, Too. – Mother Jones
"Secretary Noem ended Temporary Protected Status for more than 500,000 Venezuelans and now they can go home to a country that they love," the spokesperson said. "[Deportation] Flights are not paused." (In 2025, the US government deported 14,310 Venezuelans back to their home country, according to a flight tracker initiative kept by Human Rights First.)
Adelys Ferro, executive director of the Venezuelan-American Caucus, called on the Trump administration to restore TPS for Venezuelans. "This is not the right time to keep deporting law-abiding Venezuelan immigrants," she said. "All of these vulnerable people that have already been hunted, discriminated against, and victims of all of these xenophobic and racist immigration decisions are in more danger than ever before."…
Venezuela strike marks a turning point for US cyber warfare - POLITICO
Trump, at the same press conference, was more overt in his description of U.S. cyber involvement: "The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have," he said. "It was dark, and it was deadly."…
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
This video doesn't show Venezuelans celebrating after Maduro’s capture
This viral video shared by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones predates Nicolás Maduro's arrest by the U.S. military. It is from 2024 and shows people protesting election fraud...
Fact-checking Trump's claims after U.S. strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro | PBS News
Here, we fact-checked Trump's and Rubio's statements from the press conference...
‘Don’t expect troops on the ground,’ Johnson says after Venezuela briefing - POLITICO
"We don't expect troops on the ground," Johnson told reporters after the two-hour evening briefing on Capitol Hill. "We don't expect direct involvement in any other way beyond just coercing the … the interim government to get that going. I expect that there will be an election called in Venezuela. … It should happen in short order."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/venezuela-maduro-congress-briefing-mike-johnson-00712155
What Are We Doing in Venezuela? (Find Out podcast on YouTube)
No seriously, what are we doing?
We discuss the shocking capture of Venezuela's President Maduro and just what exactly are we doing in Venezuela and what is the end game?
Interview:
We discuss the shocking capture of Venezuela's President Maduro and just what exactly are we doing in Venezuela and what is the end game?
Interview:
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
‘An illegal war’: Democratic 2028ers scold Trump on Venezuela - POLITICO
Most would-be Democratic White House hopefuls piled on the president — while his possible Republican successors quickly voiced their support...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-democrats-2028-president-00709912
1 in 3 Americans supports US ousting Maduro, per new poll - POLITICO
More than two-thirds of Republicans approved of the Trump administration's military operation in Venezuela, while Democrats were largely opposed...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/maduro-ouster-american-support-poll-00711771
Trump’s Venezuela moves shake Florida politics as midterms heat up - POLITICO
Florida politicians have long harnessed opposition to Nicolás Maduro to energize Venezuelan American voters. Now, Republicans are eager to turn his capture under President Donald Trump into a midterm mobilization moment...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-venezuela-florida-politics-midterms-00711537
GOP hawks cheer Trump’s Maduro grab - POLITICO
Saturday's surprise operation has produced a partisan split-screen much like the reaction to Trump's months long strikes against suspected drug ferrying vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean — with Democrats decrying a thin legal justification and an unneeded use of the military while many GOP hawks appear willing to give Trump latitude to deal with what they contend is a national security threat...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/gop-hawks-trump-maduro-venezuela-00709776
Monday, January 5, 2026
Trump circumventing Congress is different from previous presidents
"Where will this go next? Will the president deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama canal? To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies?"…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/trump-congress-venezuela-attack
Protests erupt in US cities over Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela
Protests bubbled up in several US cities over the weekend as people demonstrated against the Trump administration's unilateral military intervention in Venezuela – even as many in the diaspora publicly celebrated the forced removal of president Nicolás Maduro...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/venezuela-trump-protests-us-cities
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