HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums sounded solemnly at Havana’s airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers disembarked from a plane carrying urns carrying the remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed in a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela. Nearby, thousands of Cubans lined one of Havana’s most iconic streets to await the bodies as the … Read more
Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is weighing whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies for the country’s authoritarian regime. Iran’s government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing yet another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled Venezuela’s government. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before a U.S. military operation ousted Nicolás Maduro, a top adviser to President Donald Trump has alleged that the Venezuelan leader sent gang members to the United States. “If you are the dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals to … Read more
Chinese air defense radars in Venezuela were no game changer during the US raid to capture Maduro. China has touted the combat effectiveness of radars like the JY-27A. The lack of effect recently raises questions about both the radar and its operators. Venezuela’s military had Chinese-made anti-aircraft radars at its disposal when the US launched … Read more
The broker told his client that he had a relative in the “little red party” with connections to the “famous suns” who, for an upfront fee, would guarantee the safe passage of the container of cocaine onto the ship docked in the Venezuelan port. The cocaine – a 32 kilogram shipment hidden inside two electrical … Read more
For years, whenever Washington talked about a “military option” against Venezuela, the talk was usually limited to the language of foreign policy, deterrence or “regime change.” What was almost never said was that, should such a confrontation begin, its main consequences would be felt not in Caracas, but inside the United States – and more … Read more
By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Among the many goals of the U.S. military operation last week that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send a message to China: stay away from America. For at least two decades, Beijing has sought to expand its influence in Latin … Read more
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts warn that U.S. efforts to modernize and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase pollution from global warming in a country already struggling with the legacy of a declining oil industry. The warnings come as Washington has stepped up pressure on Venezuela following … Read more
President Donald Trump has said that US oil companies, as well as some European players, will spend at least $100 billion in Venezuela to “rebuild very quickly. [its] dilapidated oil industry” and creating great wealth during a meeting with top oil executives on January 9 at the White House. But the CEOs of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips … Read more
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela on Thursday released a number of jailed high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists, both citizens and foreigners, in what the government described as a “peace-seeking” gesture less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces on drug-trafficking charges. US President Donald Trump, who has pressured … Read more