Archiv: Venezuela


17.01.2026 - 22:22 [ CBS News ]

CIA director John Ratcliffe meets with Venezuela‘s interim president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas

CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela‘s interim President Delcy Rodríguez for two hours Thursday in Venezuela‘s capital, Caracas, to „deliver the message that the United States looks forward to an improved working relationship,“ a U.S. official told CBS News Friday.

The official described the trip as historic, noting that Ratcliffe was the first Cabinet-level official to visit Venezuela since the U.S. military operation to remove the country‘s autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro nearly two weeks ago.

15.01.2026 - 19:00 [ theHill.com ]

Another shooting involving federal agent in Minneapolis sparks new protests

At least 200 protesters gathered Wednesday night near the scene of the most recent incident, according to The New York Times’ estimates.

Video footage shows protesters taunting and throwing rocks and other objects at law enforcement, as gas clouds filled the streets. Officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas and grenades in protesters’ direction, The Associated Press reported.

15.01.2026 - 18:48 [ New York Times ]

Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that federal agents were trying to arrest a man from Venezuela who was in the country illegally in a “targeted traffic stop” at around 6:50 p.m. She said that he fled from agents.

When the officer caught up to him, Ms. McLaughlin said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.” She said two people came out of a nearby building and, along with the man being sought, attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle.

15.01.2026 - 18:18 [ NewStatesman.com ]

To survive Trump, Starmer must think the unthinkable

Britain can no longer avoid the costs of appeasing America’s predatory president

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The word “crisis” is rooted in the Greek New Testament, referring to a decision, or judgement, in an unstable moment that forces a new clarity into being. While Trump’s exact motives for his aggression in our hemisphere remain opaque, our own predicament is now clearer. It is this: such is the new emerging order around us that we can no longer muddle through, finessing Trump’s instincts, hoping for the best so governments can focus on domestic political problems. Britain must choose.

12.01.2026 - 19:03 [ theHill.com ]

Cuba’s president says no current talks with the US following Trump’s threats

Díaz-Canel wrote that for “relations between the U.S. and Cuba to progress, they must be based on international law rather than hostility, threats, and economic coercion.”

He added: “We have always been willing to hold a serious and responsible dialogue with the various US governments, including the current one, on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect, principles of International Law, and mutual benefit without interference in internal affairs and with full respect for our independence.”

12.01.2026 - 18:59 [ CNN ]

Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal

Díaz-Canel was quick to reject external interference in Cuba’s affairs.

“Cuba does not aggress; it is aggressed upon by the United States for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the Homeland to the last drop of blood,” said Díaz-Canel.

In an apparent reference to Trump, he said those who turn everything into a business, “even human lives,” have no moral authority to point fingers at his country.

11.01.2026 - 19:06 [ AP News ]

With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

10.01.2026 - 21:13 [ Middle East Eye ]

Why Arab rulers remained silent over US seizure of Maduro

(January 8, 2026)

Egypt’s quiet is easy to explain. Cairo receives roughly $1.3bn a year in US military financing. Its hardware, maintenance chain and spare parts depend on American gatekeepers. Public outrage is a cost it cannot afford.

The UAE sits in a different position, but it faces another version of the same risk. It is a financial hub built on access, compliance and credibility. In a world where Washington can turn political conflict into legal exposure, the safest posture is often silence.

Algeria was supposed to be the outlier: despite a diplomatic relationship dating back to its 1795 treaty with George Washington, it has long defined itself through deep ties with Moscow and a fierce anti-imperial vocabulary.

If any Arab state had the ideological space to speak about sovereignty as a principle, it was Algeria. It stayed quiet anyway. That is the lesson: the distance non-aligned regimes claim is thinner than it looks when your trade, energy and finance run through chokepoints Washington can pressure.

08.01.2026 - 20:08 [ Fox5 Washington DC ]

Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela

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Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote tally and ensure a later vote for final passage.

But Thursday’s successful vote is just the first step before the resolution officially passes. The Senate will have to take another vote, this time with the 60-vote filibuster threshold, before it becomes official.

08.01.2026 - 18:50 [ Reuters ]

US senators foresee vote on reining Trump in over Greenland

„You will see war powers resolutions introduced on Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Greenland,“ Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democratic senator who has led several resolutions seeking to check U.S. presidents‘ use of military force without congressional approval.

„I just don‘t know who‘s necessarily going to be leading all of them, because I will likely be at least a co-sponsor and probably leading some,“ Kaine told reporters at a news conference ahead of a Senate vote expected on Thursday on whether to halt further military action in Venezuela without lawmakers‘ approval.

08.01.2026 - 17:44 [ PBS.org ]

WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to vote on war powers resolution to limit Trump after Venezuela raid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump‘s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

The war powers resolution would require Trump to get congressional approval before striking Venezuela again, and it comes after the U.S. military seized the president of the South American country, Nicolás Maduro, in a surprise nighttime raid and as Trump‘s administration is seeking to control Venezuela‘s oil resources and its government.

08.01.2026 - 17:10 [ Organisation Amerikanischer Staaten / Organization of American States (OAS) ]

Speech by OAS Secretary General, Albert R. Ramdin, during the Special Meeting of the Permanent Council to consider recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

I would like to emphasize that the Americas have historically aspired to remain a zone of peace and that safeguarding this condition continues to be in the collective interest of all member states. Now, with respect to Venezuela, our commitment is clear. Morally, we owe the Venezuelan people our solidarity. Strategically, a stable, democratic, and prosperous Venezuela is in the interest of every single member state around this table.

At a minimum, we share responsibility for finding solutions that deliver concrete improvements to people‘s lives, respecting the inalienable right of the Venezuelan people to determine their own government and their own leadership in a representative democracy.

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We can support a democratic transition in depth, strengthen institutions, supporting institutional reforms, assisting election readiness, building capacities, observing electoral process and so much more.

08.01.2026 - 17:02 [ AP News ]

Cuba releases details of 32 officers killed in US strike on Venezuela as US defends attack

(January 7, 2026)

Among the deceased are colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains, as well as some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60.

The uniformed personnel belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, Cuba’s two main security agencies. The publication did not specify their missions or exactly how they died.

07.01.2026 - 19:18 [ kristv.com ]

War Powers Resolution heads to Senate as push to curb Venezuela actions grows

The Trump administration’s foreign-policy ambitions are triggering a renewed, bipartisan push on Capitol Hill to curb the president’s military authority, as questions swirl about what actions the United States may take next in Venezuela and whether other countries or their leaders could face a similar fate.

A key focus of the debate is a War Powers Resolution. A vote is expected Thursday in the Senate, and if it passes both chambers, it would prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela without explicit congressional authorization.

06.01.2026 - 21:02 [ Fox News ]

Kaine tells Congress to ‚get its a– off the couch,‘ reclaim war powers

Kaine argued on a call with reporters that Congress has the constitutional authority to weigh in on military action and was frustrated throughout Trump’s second term that the check and balance was being bowled over.

„It‘s time for Congress to get its a– off the couch and do what the Constitution mandates that we do — the Constitution we take an oath to,“ Kaine said over the weekend. „We have to put this before the American people, not just in private settings, but in public hearings by the key oversight committees, Intelligence, Armed Services, Foreign Relations in both houses, and explore whether the United States should enter into yet another war with unforeseen consequences.“

06.01.2026 - 20:58 [ RealClearPolitics.com ]

Sen. Chuck Schumer: Congress Must Pass War Powers Resolution To Stop Trump‘s „Lawlessness“ In Venezuela

(January 4, 2026)

STEPHANOPOULOS: So, what can the Congress do about it is the next question.

SCHUMER: Well, the next question is very simple, and that is that we have the War Powers Act. That‘s a privilege resolution, which means the Republicans can‘t block it.

Tim Kaine and I and Rand Paul are sponsors of it. It‘s going to come to the floor this week. And if it is voted for, if it‘s voted positively in both houses, then the president can‘t do another thing in Venezuela without the OK of Congress. We have to pass it.

06.01.2026 - 20:03 [ theHill.com ]

Senate to vote next week to block Trump’s military action against Venezuela

(January 3, 2026)

The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.

The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

It needs only a simple majority to pass the Senate.

06.01.2026 - 19:57 [ ABC4.com ]

Salt Lake City protesters call on Congress to rein in presidential war powers

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A rally took place in Salt Lake City Monday. The protest was planned before the United States performed a military operation and took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into custody, but now, organizers said that it’s more relevant than ever.

The protesters called on Utah’s Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis to support the bipartisan War Powers Resolution in the Senate, which will be voted on this week. It would prohibit President Trump from launching additional hostilities against Venezuela without congressional approval.

06.01.2026 - 19:34 [ theIntercept.com ]

How Congress Blew All Their Chances to Stop Trump’s War With Venezuela

Since the Trump administration began striking alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean in September, there have been four failed votes on resolutions seeking to stop unauthorized attacks on either the boats strikes or Venezuelan soil. They all fell short.

Lawmakers are now preparing for another vote this week on a resolution in the Senate, their latest opportunity to pump the brakes.

06.01.2026 - 16:49 [ CodePink.org ]

Emergency Action at the OAS: Hands Off Venezuela

On Tuesday, January 6, the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special Permanent Council meeting “to consider recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” following the kidnapping of Venezuela’s sitting president and escalating U.S. actions inside the country.

We are mobilizing outside OAS headquarters at the exact moment this meeting takes place because the OAS has a long and documented history of providing political cover for U.S. intervention, regime-change operations, and violations of sovereignty in the hemisphere, including in Venezuela.

06.01.2026 - 16:27 [ Al Jazeera ]

Colombia to continue work with US against drug trafficking, government says

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Colombia will continue to work with the United States to fight drug trafficking using Washington’s intelligence and technology, it said yesterday.

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“The fight against drug trafficking must continue to be waged jointly with technology, with all the advances in cooperation that the US government can give us. We will continue to emphasise the fight against this scourge, particularly on the Colombian-Venezuelan border,” Idarraga said.

05.01.2026 - 21:53 [ Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie ]

Archiv: natural intelligence department – about neutrality No 2: a neutral country can be helped in defending itself against an invader without being in a war coalition.

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05.01.2026 - 20:50 [ Democracy Now ]

“Venezuela Is Not Going to Be a U.S. Colony”: Report from Caracas on U.S. Attack & Maduro Abduction

U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a Saturday night raid. About 80 people were reportedly killed, including 32 Cubans. Democracy Now! speaks with Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas, who calls the strikes an “imperialist attack.” Trump also said the U.S. would take the oil from Venezuela, which has the world’s largest proven reserves.

05.01.2026 - 19:38 [ ABC7 New York ]

Nicolás Maduro declares ‚I am innocent‘ and ‚still president‘ in Manhattan court appearance

„I am Cilia Flores,“ she said. „I am first lady of the Republic of Venezuela.“

Hellerstein interjected, saying, „The purpose today is just to ask you who you are.“ The judge then explained her rights to remain silent and to be represented by an attorney.

„Yes I understand and I‘ve heard it,“ Flores said.

Asked how she pleaded to the three counts of the indictment she faces. Flores responded, „Not guilty — completely innocent.“

Maduro and Flores are among six defendants named in a four-count superseding indictment that accused them of conspiring with violent, dangerous drug traffickers for the last 25 years. Maduro has long denied all the allegations.

05.01.2026 - 19:33 [ The Indian Express ]

Nicolás Maduro Arrives in Manhattan to Face U.S. Federal Drug Charges

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrived in Manhattan Monday via helicopter ahead of a federal court appearance on drug-related charges.

05.01.2026 - 02:18 [ Organisation Amerikanischer Staaten / Organization of American States (OAS) ]

OAS Permanent Council to Consider Recent Events in Venezuela

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, January 6 at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) in the Simón Bolivar room at OAS headquarters, “to consider recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”

Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.

The meeting will be broadcast live – with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page

05.01.2026 - 01:51 [ Reuters ]

UN Security Council to meet Monday over US action in Venezuela

(January 3, 2026)

Colombia, backed by Russia and China, requested the meeting of the 15-member council, diplomats said. The U.N. Security Council has met twice – in October and December – over the escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.

05.01.2026 - 01:36 [ Colombia Reports ]

Colombia calls for emergency UN, OAS meetings after US air strikes in Venezuela

(January 3, 2026)

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro called for emergency meets of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS) after the United States apparently carried out air strikes in Venezuela.

In a series of posts on social media platform X, Petro said “they have attacked Venezuela.”