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Reporter: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela? Trump: They have emptied their prisons into the United States of America

The Trump administration has authorized lethal CIA operations in Venezuela - NYT

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell @NatashaBertrand and @ZcohenCNN. The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed

The B-52H "Stratofortress" Long-Range Strategic Bombers seen flying earlier over the Caribbean Sea, are now heading south in the direction of Venezuela

3 B-52's spotted flying between Mexico and Cuba

Trump: Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela

Trump: I ordered a strike on a terrorist ship off Venezuela.

Maduro denounced that the US falsely uses drug trafficking because it cannot accuse Venezuela of having weapons of mass destruction to invade the country.

Maduro reported that he has managed to contain the collateral damage from US threats so that Venezuela can have a happy and peaceful Christmas.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) condemned the attack on Venezuelan activists Luis Peche and Yendri Velásquez in Bogotá, Colombia, on Monday. "This attack constitutes a grave aggression not only against them, but against all the work of protecting and promoting human rights in the region," Machado wrote on her X account.

Colombia: Attack in Bogotá against two Venezuelan activists in exile. Authorities suspect a political motive.

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