Venezuela sends warships and drones into its territorial waters in response to US actions.
Claudia Sheinbaum on tensions between the US and Venezuela: "We will never be in favor of a foreign government intervening in a sovereign country." - @ElMartilloVen
Secretary Marco Rubio: "For the first time in the modern era, we are truly on the offensive against the organized cartels that are flooding our cities with poison—deadly poison."
1 day agoThe Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations denounces the escalation of hostile actions and threats by the United States, which now include the deployment of additional warships to the Caribbean, including the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the nuclear-powered submarine USS Newport News. According to the statement from the permanent mission to the UN, Caracas calls for the "preservation of peace, security, and stability" in the region.
1 day agoSecretary Marco Rubio: The US is building an "international coalition" to combat drug cartels. "We are truly on the offensive against the organized cartels that are flooding our cities with poison, deadly poison."
1 day ago"For the first time, we are truly on the offensive against cartels," says @SecRubio, without directly mentioning the Cartel of the Suns, but adds, "We are receiving incredible international cooperation in the last week: Ecuador, Paraguay, Guyana, Trinidad, and today Argentina."
Paraguay advises its citizens not to travel to Venezuela due to the "delicate situation."
2 day agoDiosdado Cabello announces military deployments in Táchira, Zulia, and Apure as part of new "peace zones" on the border with Colombia. He asserts that the Petro administration was informed of the operations and expressed "pleasure" with the binational coordination.
2 day agoDiosdado Cabello reports results in the fight against drug gangs: 52,769 kg of drugs seized, 153,000 kg of precursors, 6,284 arrests, 400 aircraft, and 92 runways neutralized. He accuses María Corina Machado of colluding with militants and asserts that the DEA is "the largest cartel in the world."
Maduro announces a new "massive enlistment campaign" for Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th.
2 day agoDiosdado Cabello accuses the DEA of being "the largest drug cartel in the world." "It controls the drugs that go to the US here (in Venezuela) if we combat drugs, not occasionally. Here we combat drugs at their roots," he stated.
France also announces mobilization of resources in the Caribbean to "confront" drug cartels.
Without Power: Users report power outages in various areas of Greater Caracas
Serbian President calls Maduro a "great friend" and announces increased cooperation
Brazil reiterated that it does not recognize Maduro after the presidential elections: "We maintained a relationship between states."
The Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, reported this Tuesday on the arrest of two people he linked to the planning of an alleged bomb attack in a Caracas square.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is in favor of non-intervention regarding the alleged military operations that the United States is carrying out in the Caribbean Sea, near Venezuela, and which have set off alarm bells in the region.
"No empire will come to touch Venezuela's sacred soil": Maduro responds to US military deployment
1 week agoReporter: I wanted to ask about 3 warships being sent to Venezuela and the 4000 marines… Is there a possibility of boots on the ground there. Leavitt: The president is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government—it is a Nacro terror cartel
1 week agoVenezuela Ministry of Transportation announced a temporary 30-day suspension of the purchase, sale, manufacture, import, distribution, and flights of drones and unmanned aircraft throughout Venezuela, extendable as necessary.
US deploys warships near Venezuela to combat drug threats. The sources said the ships are the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson.
Three US Aegis guided-missile destroyers will arrive off the coast of Venezuela in the next 36 hours as part of an effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the matter said
Gustavo Petro: "For the good of Colombia and Venezuela, there should be no binational armed groups led by foreigners in our territories."
Petro accuses the FARC and ELN of operating in Venezuela, trafficking "dozens of tons of cocaine" and bribing public officials.
Union leaders, public workers, and civil society organizations joined a protest in Caracas's Plaza Morelos, where they demanded an end to the repression this Thursday, August 14.
2 week agoThe Maduro administration reported the sending of a verbal note to Guyana to express its "strongest protest" over the start of operations of the Exxon Mobile production, storage and offloading vessel 'One Guyana'.
Venezuelans protested in The Hague against Delcy Rodríguez's visit to the International Criminal Court.
Venezuelans protested outside Chevron's headquarters in the Netherlands: "Oil stained with blood and cocaine."
@marinoalvarado denounces: "The TSJ has had a DGCIM command for several weeks, patrols from the PNB anti-terrorism brigade withdrew minutes before the buses entered to attack the relatives. Armed gangs acted with Urgent. Relatives who were holding vigil in front of the TSJ were attacked by paramilitary groups. A new attack by armed groups historically at the service of the repression of popular protests. We hold the authorities responsible
Rubio: Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government. Maduro is the head of the Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country. And he is under indictment for pushing drugs into the United States
