The Venezuelanalysis podcast tackles the proverbial million-dollar question everyone is talking about: is the Trump administration about to do a rerun of the "interim government," this time with Edmundo González in place of Juan Guaidó?
Host José Luis Granados Ceja is joined by fellow VA writer and editor Ricardo Vaz to talk about the different scenarios, sanctions and the economic balancing acts the Maduro government is facing.
Subscribe to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/venezuelanalysis-117086531
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The Venezuelanalysis podcast tackles the proverbial million-dollar question everyone is talking about: is the Trump administration about to do a rerun of the "interim government," this time with Edmundo González in place of Juan Guaidó?
Host José Luis Granados Ceja is joined by fellow VA writer and editor Ricardo Vaz to talk about the different scenarios, sanctions and the economic balancing acts the Maduro government is facing.
Subscribe to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/venezuelanalysis-117086531
#Venezuela#TrumpAdministration#Imperialism#JuanGuaido
📰 Trump’s Venezuela Gambit: “We’re Running the Country”
President Trump announced Saturday that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and will now “run” Venezuela until a new government is installed. Maduro and his wife are en route to New York to face drug and weapons charges, marking a stunning escalation in Washington’s campaign against Caracas.
Trump offered few details about the new arrangement, only saying an unspecified “group” will oversee the country, and that American oil companies will rebuild Venezuela’s energy sector—promising it will “make a lot of money”. Past governments, he claimed, “stole our oil,” referencing Venezuela’s nationalization of its oil industry.
The operation was executed by U.S. special forces, aided by a CIA source inside the Venezuelan government. Maduro was taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and Trump shared images of the arrest, boasting about the precision of the raid and the lack of American casualties—though he acknowledged some injuries.
Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s former vice president, was sworn in as interim president in a secret ceremony, but Trump insists she’s ready to cooperate with Washington. Meanwhile, Venezuela has declared a state of emergency and denounced the U.S. action as “imperialist aggression”.
This is the culmination of months of threats, military buildup, and covert operations by the Trump administration, including drone strikes, oil tanker seizures, and accusations of cartel ties. The U.S. has long accused Maduro of drug trafficking, though analysts question the existence of the so-called “Cartel de los Soles”.
So, while Trump celebrates a “brilliant operation,” the real question is:
How long will the U.S. “run” Venezuela—and who will pay the price?
#Venezuela#Trump#Maduro#oil#imperialism
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🖊🗞OPINION | Four Observations on the US Kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro
Jonathan Cook exposes the West's pliancy and subordination to US dictates in the wake of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's kidnapping.
"Difficult as it is for westerners to hear, we don’t need a stronger West, we need a weaker one. Harder still, Trump is teaching us that the very concept of 'the West' is an illusion."
Read the article: https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/four-observations-on-the-us-kidnapping-of-nicolas-maduro/
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"If I put a gun to your head and demanded you give me all your money or else you’ll die, it would be an aggravated robbery. If I tricked you into giving me all your money by luring you to join my pyramid scheme, it would also be a robbery but without the obvious trauma. One is blunt violence, the other is manipulation, but both have the same criminal purpose.
If we extrapolate those scenarios to how US imperialism coerces other nations to achieve regime change and steal their resources, the first example would be called “hard power” (gun to your head), and the second “soft power” (seduce you, earn your trust, use it against you). They are two sides of the same coin used to achieve the same desired outcome."
Read Andreína Chávez Alava's latest column: https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/soft-power-and-the-transition-to-democracy/
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The outgoing Biden administration weighs withdrawing Chevron’s license. In contrast, lobbyists urge Trump to leverage sanctions to US advantage, with the Jack Gordon Institute laying out an "America-first sanctions policy."
Venezuela's oil sector remains heavily constrained by US coercive measures, with output slightly decreasing in November.
Read our latest report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-oil-output-recedes-as-washington-threatens-new-sanctions/
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📰 NEWS | Trump Administration Reverses Course, Allows Restart of Chevron Operations in Venezuela
In an unexpected U-turn, the Trump administration has reportedly allowed Chevron to resume oil drilling and exporting operations in Venezuela.
The new specific license might see Chevron and majority partner PDVSA sell their respective crude shares separately.
US foreign policy hardliners have been pitted against MAGA advocates concerning sanctions and Chevron's role in Venezuela.
Read our report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/trump-administration-reverses-course-allows-restart-of-chevron-operations-in-venezuela/
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🇻🇪#Venezuela - Il Ministro della Difesa venezuelano, la cui casa sarebbe stata bombardata, è vivo:
"Non negozieremo, non ci arrenderemo e alla fine trionferemo."
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👨💼Donald Trump
“La gente [de #Venezuela] está realmente feliz. Están bailando en las calles porque hay mucho dinero entrando a través de las grandes compañías petroleras.
Estuve con ExxonMobil anoche. El presidente estaba aquí, y estamos hablando de Venezuela, junto con muchas otras, Chevron. Todos estuvieron aquí anoche. Todas quieren ir allí y a otros lugares”.
🤩@E_positivo✅️
#Venezuela: In un post su Truth Social, in cui Donald Trump ha parlato della vittoria del Venezuela contro l'Italia nel World Baseball Classic, ha aperto alla possibilità che il Venezuela possa diventare il 51° Stato dell'Unione.