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A fire broke out inside a warehouse in El Paraíso, Caracas. Caracas Fire Department (CBC) personnel extinguished the flames to prevent them from spreading. The affected area contained "highly combustible materials, including petroleum products, rubber, and paint," according to CBC Commander General Pablo Palacios. : cpablopalacios

The UN Trade Agency warns of the danger of military intervention in Venezuela: "It would be very destabilizing for the region."

Colombia will address the "humanitarian crisis" of 40 citizens detained in Venezuela.

Relatives of Colombian political prisoners in Venezuela close the Simón Bolívar international border bridge in Cúcuta in protest of arbitrary detentions by the Venezuelan dictatorship. They demand information from the regime and their immediate release.

Maria Corina Machado dedicates her Nobel Peace Prize to the people of Venezuela and President Trump

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro secretly offered the U.S. sweeping access to his nation’s oil, gold, and mineral wealth—proposing to cut ties with China, Iran, and Russia—to avoid military conflict with Washington. The Trump administration rejected the deal. - NYT

Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela"

Reuters: US authorizes Shell and Trinidad to develop Venezuelan gas field

Trump defends military operations in the Caribbean: "Little by little, drug trafficking by sea is declining." "Each one of these vessels we destroy could kill 25,000 Americans."

Qatar is quietly trying to mediate between the US and Venezuela, encouraging dialogue between Trump and Maduro. Source: NYT

Maduro: "If the Americans attack, we will respond."

The Venezuelan military posted a video relating to this showing them loading equipment and guns into a container truck from the base at Catia La Mar and equipment including the ‘hedgehogs’ at the Caracas- La Guaira highway

The US reiterates that it has no diplomatic presence in Venezuela and avoids commenting on the alleged attack plot against its embassy.

DOJ's office of legal counsel has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers—beyond just those designated as militants by Trump admin, sources say

US Avoids Offering Details on "Phase Two" of Military Operation Against Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean The White House on Monday avoided offering details about the possible activation of a "phase two" of the US military deployment in the Caribbean Sea against drug cartels. During a press conference, presidential spokesperson Karoline Leavitt indicated that she would not go into "details about the specific proposals" of the president, but reiterated Washington's position regarding the Maduro regime. "We have been clear: the Maduro regime is illegitimate. Trump has taken very strict measures to combat drug trafficking and prevent drugs from entering our country from Venezuela," Leavitt stressed. - @EVTVMiami

Padrino López confirms deployment to combat the ELN and the FARC: "They will receive a decisive response."

Maduro announced that this Saturday there will be organizational exercises for the FANB and the Militia to "fine-tune territorial defense vehicles." He denounced incursions by U.S. aircraft and demanded that Washington cease its "warlike stance."

President Trump ordering another lethal strike on what his administration calls a "narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations" off the coast of Venezuela. The administration claims "our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-militants, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route." he admin promises the strikes will continue until "the attacks on the American people are over."

Secretary of War: Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-militants aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people

Military helicopter crashes in Maracay. A training helicopter of the Bolivarian Military Aviation (YV3549) crashed to the ground this Friday in the San Vicente sector of Maracay, Aragua state. Preliminary reports confirm that two service members died in the accident. The aircraft had taken off from Sucre Air Base before the accident. Military authorities and rescue teams arrived at the scene and are investigating the causes of the incident, which occurred near the San Vicente landfill.

AFP, citing a statement from the Venezuelan defense and foreign ministries: The flight of US fighter jets near the country's coast constitutes an illegal incursion.

The Trump administration has told Congress the U.S. is in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels labeled as terrorist groups, calling suspected smugglers “unlawful combatants.” — NYT

Venezuela will declare a state of emergency and external unrest throughout the country in response to what it considers a threat and possible aggression by the United States. This was announced by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez during a meeting with the diplomatic corps.

Diosdado Cabello on the popular-military-police merger: "We are solidly amalgamated." "But if you're watching another movie, watch another movie (.) stay on your channel, because that's what has led you to 26 years of defeat."

Notice to Pilots – Air Restriction in the Maiquetía FIR (SVZM). Effective Date: From: September 27, 2025 – 11:49 local time (15:49 UTC). Until: October 3, 2025 – 18:48 local time (22:48 UTC). Daily Schedule: 7:00 a.m. to 6:48 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. – 22:48 UTC). Restriction: Overflights and air operations are prohibited within an area delimited by coordinates in the maritime and coastal sector of north-central Venezuela. Affected Altitude: from the surface to 3,000 feet. Reason: Military operations.

During the night of Thursday, users reported anti-aircraft fire over the town of Los Puertos de Altagracia in Zulia State. This is most likely a military exercise. Official information is expected this Friday the 26th. (Video courtesy)

Costa Rica urges the UN to address humanitarian crises: In Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti, we see the consequences of being late.

Venezuela: 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the west, felt in Caracas

Cuba begins petitioning to support Venezuela in the face of U.S. "hostilities."

The M/V Ocean Trader, a highly customized roll-on/roll-off cargo ship converted into a special operations command center and “mothership” operated by U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC), was spotted today in the Southern Caribbean Sea off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands, roughly 400 miles from Venezuela