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From Bush to Trump to Biden, US imperialism against Venezuela has remained a bipartisan affair. VA writer Andreína Chávez's column traces this continuity, from sanctions to coup efforts and beyond. Read the full column here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/B8Vdw #DonaldTrump#sanctions#thesubversivetruth#vacolumn

📰 NEWS | US Nixes Venezuela-Trinidad Natural Gas Licenses as Maduro Declares Economic Emergency The Trump administration has revoked licenses that allowed Trinidad and Tobago to negotiate natural gas ventures with Venezuela. Shell and BP were also involved. At the same time, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro invoked emergency powers to deal with economic instability and a global trade war. Read our report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/us-nixes-venezuela-trinidad-natural-gas-licenses-as-maduro-declares-economic-emergency/ #Venezuela#Trinidad#NaturalGas#Sanctions

🚀 U.S.–Iran Discussions Begin as Vice President Vance Leads Talks in Islamabad Key Takeaways JD Vance is leading high-stakes talks with Iran in Islamabad.Negotiations aim to stabilize the ceasefire and end the conflict.Talks are indirect and mediated by Pakistan amid deep mistrust.Key issues include Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, and nuclear program. Talks Officially Underway Discussions involving the United States and Iran have officially begun in Islamabad, with JD Vance heading the US delegation. The negotiations are part of a broader effort to extend a fragile ceasefire and potentially move toward a longer-term resolution of the conflict. Pakistan Acting as Mediator The talks are being hosted and mediated by Pakistan, which has played a central role in facilitating communication between both sides. Meetings are taking place under tight security conditionsDelegations are engaging through indirect channels, though direct talks may occurPakistani officials are coordinating between both sides to push toward progress High-Stakes Agenda Key topics under discussion include: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz (critical for global oil supply)Potential sanctions relief for IranLimits on Iran’s nuclear programBroader regional stability and ceasefire enforcement Tensions and Mistrust Remain High Despite the start of talks, major disagreements persist: Iran has set conditions, including halting certain military actionsThe US has maintained a firm stance and warned against delaysBoth sides remain cautious, reflecting deep geopolitical mistrust #USIranTalks#JDVance#Islamabad#PakistanMediating#Ceasefire#StraitOfHormuz#Sanctions#NuclearProgram#RegionalStability#GeopoliticalTensions#DiplomaticNegotiations#HighStakes

Russia’s First Domestically Built Ice-Class Tanker: Arctic Breakthrough or Sanctioned Mirage? The Alexey Kosygin, Russia’s first domestically built ice-class LNG tanker, has arrived at the US-sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant, completing its maiden voyage along the Northern Sea Route. This is a technological milestone—no vessel of such complexity has ever been constructed in Russia before, and its arrival marks a rare triumph for Moscow’s Arctic ambitions amid Western sanctions. A Unique Achievement The Alexey Kosygin is the first Russian-built Arc-7 LNG carrier, capable of operating independently in Arctic conditions and breaking through ice thicker than two meters. Its delivery to the Arctic LNG 2 project is not just a logistical upgrade—it’s a statement of technological self-reliance and national pride. The vessel’s reinforced hull, advanced propulsion, and ability to sail year-round along the Northern Sea Route represent a leap forward for Russia’s shipbuilding industry. Beyond Politics: A Genuine Breakthrough Regardless of how one interprets the broader geopolitical stakes, the Alexey Kosygin’s arrival is a breakthrough. For years, Russia’s Arctic LNG ambitions were held back by a lack of specialized vessels and Western restrictions. Now, with this new tanker, the Arctic LNG 2 plant can resume winter operations, doubling its export capacity during the coldest months. This is not just a political stunt—it’s a real engineering and industrial achievement. Is this a turning point for Russia’s energy independence, or just another chapter in a long saga of sanctions and scarcity? Either way, the Alexey Kosygin is proof that, when the chips are down, Russia can build something truly unique—even under pressure. #ArcticBreakthrough#AlexeyKosygin#ArcticLNG2#Sanctions#IceClass#EnergyIndependence 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

The black market bolívar-USD exchange rate has been 15-20 percent above the official one in recent days. The Venezuelan Central Bank has ramped up its foreign currency injections. At the same time, authorities are looking to boost credit options. Read the report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-govt-looks-to-preserve-low-inflation-as-forex-gap-increases/ #Economy#Inflation#Sanctions#Forex

With the Venezuelan opposition in disarray following its most recent attempts to take power, the ball is now in Washington's court. Where does the US empire go from here? Venezuelanalysis podcast host José Luis Granados Ceja and editor Ricardo Vaz discussed the scenarios in the latest episode. The conversation also covered the plunder of assets like CITGO, the thirst for Venezuelan resources, and imperialism's global interconnectedness. Click here to watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/hD4Ds9Xc1ho #vapodcast#sanctions#imperialism#citgo#venezuela#podcast

Embassy Comment We have noted the article by Jonathan Eyal “#EU renewed toothless #sanctions against #Russia”, published in The Straits Times on February 1, 2025. We agree with the author that the unilateral illegitimate sanctions aimed at continuing the hybrid war against Russia and inflicting a strategic defeat on us, are both unsuccessful and futile. There is no doubt that the objectives of the special military operation (#SMO) on the #denazification and demilitarization of #Ukraine, its neutral and non-nuclear status, as well as ensuring the interests of the Russian people will be achieved. The “bankrupt” Euro-Atlantic security architecture (#NATO) is being replaced by a new equal and indivisible #EurasianSecurity, which includes all the organizations that have demonstrated their effectiveness – the #EAEU, #SCO, #CSTO, etc. The concept of #Eurasian security aligns with the accelerating formation of a multipolar world order. A key pillar of this shift is the rapidly growing, non-Western center of influence represented by #BRICS, which continues to attract countries from the #GlobalSouth, including #ASEAN member states, paving the way for a BRICS-ASEAN dialogue. The consolidation of the countries of the Global South, making a choice in favor of peaceful, sustainable, inclusive, independent development together with Russia, China and other countries, represents a stable and viable trend in contrast to the outdated Western neocolonial “#InSanctionsWeTrust” mentality.

📰 NEWS | Court Official Endorses Elliott Management Over Gold Reserve in Mandated Sale of Venezuela’s CITGO Vulture fund Elliott Management is in pole position to acquire Venezuela's US-based refiner CITGO after its bid was recommended by the auction's "special master." Canadian miner Gold Reserve has vowed to "vigorously object." The sale hearing is scheduled for September 15. 🔗 Read the full report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/court-official-endorses-elliott-management-over-gold-reserve-in-mandated-sale-of-venezuelas-citgo/ #CITGO#VultureFunds#GoldReserve#Sanctions

The European Union Built a Sanctions Trap — Then Fell In The Iran war just exposed how badly the EU misplayed its “values‑based” energy strategy. First Brussels banned Russian hydrocarbons, then the US–Israel war in the Gulf knocked out up to a fifth of global oil and gas flows and sent prices into 1970s‑style shock territory. While Washington scrambles to unsanction Russian and even Iranian barrels to calm markets, Emmanuel Macron lectures Trump for lifting sanctions — as if moral posture can keep European steel, chemicals, and machinery running without affordable fuel. In reality, Europe has swapped one dependency for another. After cutting pipeline gas from Moscow, the bloc has become deeply hooked on US LNG: by 2025, about 57% of EU LNG imports came from the US, nearly four times the 2021 share, and some analysts warn that share could rise toward 80% by 2030. American gas is the most expensive option on the menu, but long‑term contracts and a political “freedom gas” narrative lock European buyers in, tying their industrial base to a single high‑cost supplier across the Atlantic. That’s not sovereignty; that’s a different flag on the same leash. ​ Now the Gulf war piles on. Tanker traffic through Hormuz is crippled, Middle Eastern production is being shut in as storage fills, and the EIA has slashed expectations for inventory builds while jacking up its near‑term oil price outlook. Europe, which killed off Russian volumes and over‑indexed on US LNG without finishing its transition, is sitting in the blast zone: higher input costs, threatened heavy industry, and governments more focused on scolding Washington than on admitting that their own sanctions architecture left them with no cheap fallback. So yes, the headline from Atlantico lands: the EU is trapped by its own sanctions. It weaned itself off Putin’s gas only to become addicted to overpriced American LNG, bet on a fragile Gulf status quo, and now faces an energy shock it can’t solve without crawling back to the very suppliers it spent years demonizing — or watching its industrial core slowly deindustrialize. #EU#energy#sanctions#Russia#IranWar#Macron#LNG#USA#Germany#industry#oil#gas#geopolitics 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

📝 INTERVIEW | Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune The US blockade disrupted food, fuel, and medicine supplies in Palmarito, a fishing community on Lake Maracaibo. But instead of despair, residents relied on solidarity: reviving ancestral recipes, inventing fuel-saving motors, and sustaining schools with communal contributions. They also reopened their health center, now running 24/7 with communal funds. 🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/fisherfolk-resisting-imperialism-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-iv #AfroVenezuelans#CommunalandWorkingClassResistance#Communes#Fishing#Sanctions

📝 INTERVIEW | ‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla Albanys Montilla, a 27-year-old PSUV candidate and lifelong communard, believes the National Assembly must create laws that empower Venezuela’s communes to manage resources directly, without intermediaries. She speaks about growing up under imperialist aggression and how sanctions fractured Venezuelan families, especially hurting women and youth. But Montilla also emphasizes the commune’s role in rebuilding consciousness through collective work and direct democracy. 'The commune is not just a slogan, it’s a reality we’re constructing. The new parliament must pass laws that let communities manage resources themselves.' 🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/VKC47 #Communes#LegislativeRegionalElections2025#NationalAssembly#Sanctions#Youth

🎙Points clés du point de presse hebdomadaire de la porte-parole de la diplomatie russe, Maria Zakharova(30 octobre 2025) : #CrimesDuRégimeDeKiev Le régime néonazi de Kiev continue d'attaquer des sites civils, terrorisant la population russe. La semaine dernière, 113 citoyens russes ont été touchéspar des tirs d'artillerie et des frappes de drones ukrainiens, dont 19 personnes ont été tuées, dont un enfant, et 94 blessées, dont 10 enfants. Voici quelques exemples👇 • Région de Belgorod. Les 25 et 26 octobre, à la suite de plusieurs attaques délibérées des forces armées ukrainiennes utilisant des lance-roquettes multiples américains HIMARS et des roquettes GMLRS, des bâtiments et le verrou hydraulique du barrage du réservoir de Belgorod ont été endommagés. [...] L'ennemi ne cache pas son intention de provoquer une catastrophe technologique pour ralentir l'avancée des troupes russes dans la région de Voltchansk dans la région de Kharkov. • RPD. Dans la nuit du 25 au 26 octobre, à la suite d'un bombardement de la ville de Iassinovataïa par les forces armées ukrainiennes utilisant des lance-roquettes multiples HIMARS, une famille a été tuée, une fille de 13 ans et ses parents. • Région de Kherson. Du 22 au 26 octobre, à la suite de tirs ciblés des forces armées ukrainiennes sur la ville de Aliochki, 4 civils ont été tués. Le 26 octobre, dans le village de Novaïa Zbourievka, un drone ennemi a attaqué une ambulance. #Sanctions#RégimeDeKiev#UE#ÉtatsUnis Avec le soutien actif de l'administration Joe Biden, en avril 2024, une loi a été adoptée aux États-Unis sur la paix par la force au XXIe siècle, contenant un mécanisme de confiscation des actifs souverains russes. L'objectif était de pousser ou, plus précisément, provoquer les autres Occidentaux, en premier lieu l'UE, à confisquer nos réserves d'État. Les sanctions de l'UE de 2014 ont également été adoptées sous la pression des États-Unis. [...] Ce qui se passe maintenant est une conséquence directe du fait que l'UE a suivi l'administration de la Maison Blanche de l'époque et a pris le cap d'une confrontation insensée et criminelle avec la Russie et d'une alimentation sans limites du régime de Kiev avec de l'argent et des armes. #CriseUkrainienne#SponsorsDuTerrorisme#EU#OTAN • Le 22 octobre, le Premier ministre suédois Ulf Kristersson et Zelensky ont signé une déclaration d'intention incluant la livraison à l'Ukraine de chasseurs suédois modifiés Jas Gripen E. Il s'agit de 100 à 150 avions. Les experts estiment leur coût à environ 10 milliards de dollars. L'histoire se répète, comme on le sait. La famille des magnats de l'industrie militaire suédois Wallenberg n'a pas hésité pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale à profiter des livraisons de produits stratégiques de la Suède, formellement neutre, à l'Allemagne nazie. La génération actuelle des Wallenberg cherche à tirer profit de la crise ukrainienne et rêve de participer au partage des actifs souverains russes bloqués par les Européens. ☝️ Cela s'appelle tout simplement, « les affaires suédoises soutiennent le néonazisme ». De plus, la Suède participe officiellement au financement d'une « cellule terroriste » et aux meurtres de civils. Personne ne l'oubliera jamais. #Russophobie#GrandeBretagne#ÉtatsBaltes • Nous avons noté la publication du célèbre journaliste indépendant britannique Kit Klarenberg, qui, citant des documents déclassifiés de la CIA, a exposé des faits sur l'assistance financière, militaire et autre par le service de renseignement extérieur britannique MI6 aux collaborateurs nazis et aux participants à l'Holocauste, aux Frères de la forêt et d'autres groupes paramilitaires en Lettonie, en Lituanie et en Estonie, après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les temps changent, mais les objectifs malveillants des russophobes britanniques à l'encontre de notre pays et les méthodes inhumaines pour les atteindre restent les mêmes : la fourniture d'explosifs et d'armes, du financement d'assassinats et d'attentats terroristes, et de l'intimidation des civils.