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🖊🗞OPINION | Trump Commands Venezuela’s Heavens Closed Solidarity activist Roger Harris looks at Washington's military escalation in Venezuela and Trump's pretense to close the country's airspace. He brings attention to Trump ordering Venezuela’s skies “closed in their entirety” on Nov. 29 without approval from the US Congress, Venezuela, or any international body, while the day before announcing his intention to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted for enabling large-scale cocaine trafficking. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/f8rhx

📰 NEWS | Alleged US Deadline for Maduro Exit Passes Without Incident An alleged US ultimatum giving President Nicolás Maduro one week to leave Venezuela passed without incident. Officials in Caracas dismissed claims that any negotiation involved Maduro stepping down. Meanwhile, the Trump administration faces growing scrutiny after disclosures that US strikes in the Caribbean targeted shipwrecked survivors. US lawmakers have introduced a War Powers Resolution aiming to block military action against Venezuela without congressional approval. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/aor4I #NicolasMaduro#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | US Judge Authorizes Sale of Venezuela’s CITGO to Vulture Fund Elliott Venezuela is set to lose its most important foreign asset after a protracted legal process in which the US-backed opposition faced accusations of malfeasance. Delaware District Judge Leonard P. Stark has approved the US $5.9 billion sale of CITGO to Amber Energy, an Elliott Management affiliate, concluding the court-mandated auction launched in 2022. The proceeds will be distributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Crystallex, ConocoPhillips, Rusoro Mining and other corporations are expected to receive full compensation on their claims. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/aqgOr #Citgo

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Gov’t Decries ‘Colonialist Threats’ After Trump Claims Airspace Closed Venezuela dismissed Trump’s declaration that its airspace is “closed,” stating that operations remain normal and that the claim amounts to a unilateral threat disrupting ongoing deportation flights. At the same time, scrutiny is mounting over US boat strikes that have killed more than 80 civilians since September. To date, US officials have not presented evidence about the boat crews’ identities and cargoes. UN experts and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, have labeled the US vessel strikes as extrajudicial executions and violations of international law. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-govt-decries-colonialist-threats-after-trump-claims-airspace-closed/

📰 NEWS | Trump-Maduro Call Signals Possible Détente Despite Criminal Indictments and Venezuela Strike Threats The New York Times reported that Trump held a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio participating. The conversation allegedly referenced a potential future meeting, though criminal charges make it unfeasible for now. Trump also repeated that land strikes inside Venezuelan territory could begin “very soon.” The threat follows a major regional military buildup and a bombing campaign that has already targeted alleged smuggling vessels, resulting in more than 80 civilian deaths according to UN experts. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/am4mX #DonaldTrump#NicolasMaduro#USMilitaryThreats#USVenezuelaRelations

🖊🗞OPINION | The Revolution Will Not Be Terrorized Andreína Chávez traces a chilling line from the Zong Massacre to the US military terror now unfolding in Caribbean waters. UN officials have classified recent US bombings in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific waters as “extrajudicial killings,” with more than 80 people killed since September. Victims were from Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Washington’s accusations tying Venezuela to major drug trafficking contradict UNODC and DEA findings, which confirm the country does not produce drugs and plays an insignificant role as a transit route. Read the full VA opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/6Gxhm #Slavery#USImperialism#USMilitaryThreats#Venezuelanhistory

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Grassroots Movements Demand Justice After Tenant Killed in Eviction Attempt Venezuelan grassroots housing movements are calling for judicial action after tenant Eduardo Súnico was killed during an eviction attempt in Bello Monte. According to witnesses, purported landlord Italo Di Pascuale shot Súnico and his wife, who remains hospitalized. Di Pascuale is in custody but has not been charged. Organizations from the Pobladores alliance held an emergency rally in Caracas and criticized the Attorney General’s Office and police forces for their role in eviction operations. National Assembly Deputy Rigel Sergent called for a thorough investigation to establish the facts, including police presence at the scene and Di Pascuale’s history. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/40pLU #Housing#PobladoresMovement

🖊🗞OPINION | How to Topple Imperial Delusion: A Response to Elliott Abrams’s Latest Call for Regime Change in Venezuela Solidarity activist Michelle Ellner challenges Elliott Abrams’s recent arguments for regime change in Venezuela. “Abrams writes with the confidence of someone who has never lived inside the countries his policies have destabilized,” Ellner states, noting that Abrams helped design the sanctions that severely affected the Venezuelan economy, later using the resulting crisis to argue for regime change. Furthermore, even US government data contradicts Abrams’s narrative: DEA and UNODC reports indicate that most cocaine destined for the US moves through the Pacific from Colombia, not Venezuela. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/wah0c #ElliottAbrams#USVenezuelaRelations

🖊🗞OPINION | Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions With the US ramping up military threats, Roger Harris examines the economic war already underway against Venezuela with deadly consequences. While nearly 100 deaths have been reported from US military actions at sea under “Operation Southern Spear,” with no narcotics recovered, Harris cites peer-reviewed studies estimating more than 100,000 excess deaths linked to US sanctions, noting that young children are disproportionately affected. Read the full opinion piece here: https://shorturl.at/WQHnl #Sanctions#USMilitaryThreats

🖊🗞OPINION | Corporate Media Parrot Dubious Drug Claims That Justify War on Venezuela Venezuelanalysis’ Ricardo Vaz breaks down how corporate media are reinforcing Washington’s narrative amid the largest US military buildup in the Caribbean in decades. Vaz shows how major outlets have echoed the Trump administration’s framing as the US deploys a major regional force, including the USS Gerald R. Ford, and carries out extrajudicial strikes that UN experts have denounced as violations of international law. He also highlights UNODC and DEA findings showing that Venezuela is a marginal cocaine transit route and that DEA assessments do not link the Venezuelan government to major trafficking operations, evidence largely sidelined in corporate media coverage. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/eoszr #MediaCoverage#USMilitaryThreats

📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuelans Select State-Funded Initiatives to Address Local Needs in Latest Popular Consultation Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday to pick local projects that will receive state funding. This was the fourth popular consultation of 2025. Public service and infrastructure repairs were the most common initiatives put to a vote. Communes Minister Ángel Prado praised the participation in Sunday's event. Visit the link to see the full gallery: https://venezuelanalysis.com/images/venezuelans-select-state-funded-initiatives-to-address-local-needs-in-latest-popular-consultation/ #GrassrootsDemocracy#Communes#Venezuela#AngelPrado