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17.02.26 - 03:27
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A Venezuelan-Like Oil Blockade Against Iran Could Enable The US To Divide-And-Rule RIC (ZeroHedge)
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A Venezuelan-Like Oil Blockade Against Iran Could Enable The US To Divide-And-Rule RIC
Authored by Andrew Korybko,
The cascading consequences of such a blockade, which might not ultimately be imposed due it entailing a high risk of war with Iran, could simultaneously weaken Russia, India, and China.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump 2.0 is considering imposing a Venezuelan-like oil blockade against Iran. It hasn't yet done so due to concerns that Iran might attack the US' regional military assets and/or seize its Gulf allies' oil tankers, with either scenario destabilizing the global oil market and spiking the risk of war, so it might never ultimately happen. If the US were to successfully impose such a blockade, however, then it might be able to adroitly divide-and-rule Russia, India, and China (RIC).
“The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran” by coercing Iran into subordinating itself and its energy industry to the US. The “Trump Doctrine”, which is shape...
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16.02.26 - 12:15
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India Might Soon Replace Russian Oil With Venezuelan At Scale After All (ZeroHedge)
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India Might Soon Replace Russian Oil With Venezuelan At Scale After All
Authored by Andrew Korybko,
A new US license is being interpreted as prohibiting Venezuelan energy companies from transactions with China among other countries, which if true, could lead to India purchasing the 642,000 barrels of oil per day that China imported on average last year and thus halving its import of Russian oil.
RT drew attention on social media to the Department of the Treasury's newly issued “Venezuela General License 48” allowing US companies to provide “goods, technology, software, or services for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in Venezuela” with two strings attached.
The first one is that any contract that their partners enter into will be governed under the laws of the US, which segues into the second one prohibiting any transactions with Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and China.
It's for this reason that RT interpreted the abovementioned license in their tweet as...
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14.02.26 - 18:21
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Venezuela Oil Revenue Projected To Hit $5 Billion Under U.S. Control (ZeroHedge)
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Venezuela Oil Revenue Projected To Hit $5 Billion Under U.S. Control
By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com,
Venezuela's oil sales, under the control of the United States for five weeks now, are set to bring $5 billion over the next few months, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News in an interview.
“Sales today are over a billion dollars, and in fact, we have sort of short-term agreements over the next few months that will bring in another $5 billion,” Secretary Wright said in the interview during a historic visit to Venezuela to meet with the interim President Delcy Rodríguez.
The United States has already transferred $500 million in proceeds from sales of Venezuelan crude oil to Caracas, following the deal agreed by the two governments in January.
All the money from the oil sales, handled by top commodity traders Vitol and Trafigura, goes back to Venezuela from a U.S. Treasury-controlled account, Secretary Chris told NBC News.
There is a lot of work to be do...
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14.02.26 - 18:21
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Was Anthropic′s Claude Used In AI Kill-Chain During Maduro Venezuela Raid (ZeroHedge)
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Was Anthropic's Claude Used In AI Kill-Chain During Maduro Venezuela Raid
Anthropic's AI tool, Claude, was reportedly used during the Delta Force raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
As one X user joked about what U.S. officials might have prompted the chatbot: "Claude, tell me where to find Maduro so we can capture him with no casualties."
The Wall Street Journal reports that Claude is "the first AI model developer to be used in classified operations by the Department of Defense."
Anthropic's model was reportedly used by Palantir Technologies in the daring Delta Force raid to capture Maduro, which allegedly included bombing multiple high-value sites in Caracas last month.
An Anthropic spokesman told the outlet that, for any specific operation, the DoD must comply with its policies. Notably, the use of Claude to facilitate violence, develop weapons, or conduct surveillance is prohibited.
"We cannot comment on whether Claude, or any other AI model, was ...
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14.02.26 - 17:12
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US military used Anthropic′s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says (The Guardian)
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Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic's partnership with Palantir TechnologiesClaude, the AI model developed by Anthropic, was used by the US military during its operation to kidnap Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Saturday, a high-profile example of how the US defence department is using artificial intelligence in its operations.The US raid on Venezuela involved bombing across the capital, Caracas, and the killing of 83 people, according to Venezuela's defence ministry. Anthropic's terms of use prohibit the use of Claude for violent ends, for the development of weapons or for conducting surveillance. Continue reading......
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13.02.26 - 21:54
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Trump Plans Venezuela Trip, First U.S. President Visit Since Bill Clinton (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Plans Venezuela Trip, First U.S. President Visit Since Bill Clinton
President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House on Friday afternoon that he plans to visit Venezuela, but offered no details or timeline. If it happens, it would be a historic trip, coming as Venezuelan oil flows accelerate under tighter U.S. oversight.
"I'm going to make a visit to Venezuela... We haven't decided [when]," Trump told reporters, adding that he also had a "good meeting" with Venezuela's neighbor, Colombia.
.@POTUS: "I'm going to make a visit to Venezuela... We haven't decided [when]." pic.twitter.com/yLADVt37Co
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 13, 2026
Reuters said that Trump praised Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez.
"We have a very good relationship with the president of Venezuela," Trump said, noting that the U.S. is "working together very closely" with Rodriguez on access to oil.
Asked by Reuters if he wi...
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