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25.12.25 - 13:54
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White House Orders Venezuelan Oil "Quarantine" As Gunboat Diplomacy Drives Dark Fleet Tanker Into Atlantic (ZeroHedge)
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White House Orders Venezuelan Oil "Quarantine" As Gunboat Diplomacy Drives Dark Fleet Tanker Into Atlantic
The Trump administration has ordered the U.S. military to enforce a two-month "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil, signaling an intensification of gunboat diplomacy aimed at fostering regime instability in Caracas, with potential spillover effects that could ripple across the Caribbean into Cuba.
"While military options still exist, the focus is to first use economic pressure by enforcing sanctions to reach the outcome the White House is looking (for)," a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday afternoon, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. Coast Guard has already intercepted two Venezuelan crude tankers this month and is prepared to seize another dark fleet tanker, but the vessel Bella-1 was chased away.
Sources familiar with the sanctioned Bella-1 told Bloomberg that the tanker retreated into the Atlantic after being pursued by U.S. Coast Guard forces.?...
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25.12.25 - 13:54
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Tense UN Meeting Sees Russia, China Blast US ′Cowboy Behavior′ Against Venezuela (ZeroHedge)
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Tense UN Meeting Sees Russia, China Blast US 'Cowboy Behavior' Against Venezuela
A Tuesday UN Security Council session quickly grew tense and members squared off over what's happening off the coast of Venezuela, scene of apparent preparations for some kind of US military action.
Russia and China issued common condemnation of Washington, blasting a campaign of intimidation against Caracas which goes against the principles of the United Nations, and is based on "cowboy behavior".
via Reuters
The emergency session of the UNSC was formally requested by Venezuela and immediately backed by China and Russia.
Additionally the Chinese side complained that the US is currently "infringing upon other countries' sovereignty, security, and legitimate rights and interests, seriously violate the UN Charter and international law, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro initially submitted a formal appeal to all 193 UN mem...
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24.12.25 - 16:18
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Trump′s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ′resource imperialism′, experts say (The Guardian)
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Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interestsDonald Trump's recent claims that the US should keep Venezuelan oil from seized tankers are part of a broader belief in rightwing “resource imperialism”, experts say.In recent weeks, the Trump administration has escalated pressure on Venezuela, invoking drug-trafficking claims. This month, the US intercepted two tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and began pursuing a third, while intensifying its campaign against the country's president, Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading......
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24.12.25 - 15:39
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USA und Venezuela im Konflikt: Streit im UN-Sicherheitsrat (DPA-AFX)
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NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) - Angesichts der eskalierenden Spannungen zwischen Venezuela und den USA ist es in einer Dringlichkeitssitzung des UN-Sicherheitsrats zu einem lebhaften Schlagabtausch gekommen. Der US-Botschafter bei den Vereinten Nationen, Mike Waltz, ......
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24.12.25 - 13:24
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Trump′s Gunboat Diplomacy Intensifies Against Darkest Corner Of Oil Fleet Propping Up Venezuela (ZeroHedge)
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Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy Intensifies Against Darkest Corner Of Oil Fleet Propping Up Venezuela
President Trump's reposturing of the U.S. military forces toward the Western Hemisphere - effectively Monroe Doctrine 2.0 - reinforced this week by the deployment of additional special-operations aircraft, troops, and equipment into the Caribbean, as U.S. forces apply gunboat diplomacy against Venezuela to disrupt crude oil flows routed through Cuba and onward to China, a campaign that, if successful, could spark regime instability in Caracas, and amplify economic and political stress in Cuba as well.
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that a "large number of special-operations aircraft, troops, and equipment" arrived in the Caribbean region early this week - a movement of military assets and personnel confirmed by U.S. officials and flight-tracking data.
According to the WSJ:
At least 10 CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which are used by special-operations forces, flew into the r...
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