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📰 NEWS | Chinese Supertankers Turn Back as US Moves Ahead to Extort Venezuelan Crude With Washington stepping up its naval blockade, two Chinese-flagged supertankers turned back when headed to load Venezuelan crude. Commodities traders Vitol and Trafigura have begun to move Venezuelan oil. Trump officials insist that the sales proceeds will be deposited in US accounts. Read our report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/chinese-supertankers-turn-back-as-us-moves-ahead-to-extort-venezuelan-crude/ #OilIndustry#Sanctions#China#TrumpAdministration

🖊🗞OPINION | Trump Might Not Invade Venezuela Yet, but What He Is Doing Is Worse While military options remain on the table, the United States is ramping up economic pressure against the Venezuelan population. In this opinion column, solidarity activist Michelle Ellner examines tighter restrictions on Venezuelan oil exports and increased actions affecting Venezuelan-linked tankers, arguing that these measures are intended to cut off the country’s main source of revenue. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/YYs2x #Sanctions#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Trump Issues Venezuela Regime Change Threats as US Steps Up Naval Blockade In a Mar-a-Lago press conference, the US president answered "probably" when asked if Washington's ultimate goal in Venezuela is regime change before warning President Maduro to not "play tough." US authorities have stepped up their naval blockade in an effort to strangle Venezuelan oil efforts. A second tanker was seized by the Coast Guard last weekend, but a third refused to be boarded and headed back to the Atlantic. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/trump-issues-venezuela-regime-change-threats-as-us-steps-up-naval-blockade/ #Venezuela#Sanctions#Trump#USVenezuelaRelations

📹 VIDEO | Trump Ramps Up Economic Terrorism Against Venezuela The Trump administration is ramping up its economic terrorism against Venezuela, with new sanctions and blatant acts of piracy. For the Venezuelan people, resistance is not optional. Will international allies step up? Watch our video to learn more. #Venezuela#Sanctions#TrumpAdministration#MultipolarWorld

🖊🗞OPINION | US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Waiting for an Official Rationale Solidarity activist Roger D. Harris examines Washington's ever changing imperialist arguments as it directly targets Venezuela. On December 16, Trump announced a blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers and ordered airspace around Venezuela closed. US actions included seizing a tanker, striking boats, and building up naval forces. Venezuela responded by deploying naval escorts, while China, Mexico, Brazil, BRICS countries, Turkey, and others condemned the escalation. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/nZHa8 #Sanctions#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Trump Administration Ramps Up Oil Sanctions, Targets Tankers The Trump administration escalated sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector by blacklisting six shipping companies and blocking six tankers for allegedly transporting Venezuelan crude, the US Treasury announced. This week, US authorities also seized the tanker Skipper in international waters while it carried roughly 1.6 million barrels of Venezuelan crude bound for Asian markets. US officials indicated that further seizures could follow. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/gm95p #PDVSA#Sanctions#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuela Condemns US Tanker Seizure as ‘International Piracy’ as a Potential Oil Blockade Looms Venezuela denounced the US seizure of the “Skipper” oil tanker as “international piracy” after US forces boarded the vessel carrying 1.8 million barrels of crude loaded at the José terminal. The operation, which involved Coast Guard, Marines, and special forces, occurred without resistance. Cuba also condemned the action as a violation of international law. The seizure comes as Washington expands its military presence in the Caribbean and weighs a naval blockade. US lawmakers questioned the administration’s shifting justification, citing contradictions between counter-narcotics claims and the targeting of an oil shipment. Read the full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/SaDUI #Oil#Sanctions#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 | When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ‘Peace’ Has Lost Its Meaning Far from a symbol of peace, this opinion piece highlights María Corina Machado’s record of backing coups, US sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela; including an appeal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “liberate” the country through force. It also recalls her role in the 2002 coup, when she signed the Carmona Decree that dissolved Venezuela’s Constitution and all public institutions. 🔗 Read the full opinion piece here 👉https://shorturl.at/qSKxH #Guarimbas#MariaCorinaMachado#Sanctions

📝 INTERVIEW | Chávez’s Legacy in Action: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune In Palmarito, an Afro-descendant commune on Lake Maracaibo’s southern shore, Chávez’s legacy lives on through collective work and self-governance. Residents recall how the Bolivarian Revolution brought education, paved roads, and political inclusion to a once-invisible community. Now, through popular consultations, they directly decide and manage local projects, turning participatory democracy into daily practice. 🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview:https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/chavezs-legacy-in-action-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-v/ #AfroVenezuelans#CommunalandWorkingClassResistance#Communes#Sanctions

📝 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

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Crude Output Remains Stable as PDVSA Expands Cryptocurrency Use Venezuela’s oil sector remained stable in August despite US sanctions, with OPEC placing output at 936,000 bpd and PDVSA reporting 1.098 million bpd including gas liquids. Exports reached 966,458 bpd, the highest since November 2024. At the same time, President Nicolás Maduro warned that recent US military deployments in the Caribbean are aimed at controlling Venezuela’s oil resources rather than combating drug trafficking, accusing Washington of seeking regime change. 👉 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/kMLuJ #NicolasMaduro#Oil#Sanctions