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Reporter: Have you spoken with oil companies about going into Venezuela?
Trump: I have.
Reporter: Which ones? Any commitments?
Trump: Basically all of them. They want to go in very badly.
Reporter: Did you speak with them before the operation?
Trump: Yes โ before and after.
Trump: I have.
Reporter: Which ones? Any commitments?
Trump: Basically all of them. They want to go in very badly.
Reporter: Did you speak with them before the operation?
Trump: Yes โ before and after.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the Venezuelan leaderโs capture as a kidnapping.
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The Trump administration is pressuring Venezuelaโs interim leader, Delcy Rodrรญguez, to make pro-U.S. moves or face further military action.
U.S. demands include cracking down on drug trafficking, expelling Iranian and Cuban operatives, and halting oil sales to U.S. adversaries.
Washington also expects her to eventually allow free elections and step aside, though not soon.
Source: POLITICO
U.S. demands include cracking down on drug trafficking, expelling Iranian and Cuban operatives, and halting oil sales to U.S. adversaries.
Washington also expects her to eventually allow free elections and step aside, though not soon.
Source: POLITICO
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Marรญa Corina Machado:
We will turn Venezuela into the main ally of the United States in Latin America.
We will turn Venezuela into the main ally of the United States in Latin America.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Marรญa Corina Machado:
We will turn Venezuela into the energy hub of the Americas.
We will open markets.
We will turn Venezuela into the energy hub of the Americas.
We will open markets.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Marรญa Corina Machado:
Iโm planning to go back to Venezuela as soon as possible.
Iโm planning to go back to Venezuela as soon as possible.
At least three U.S. Tomahawk missiles reportedly failed to explode during a strike on Islamic State positions in Nigeria.
The December 25 strike, ordered by Trump, involved the launch of more than a dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles from a U.S. Navy warship.
Source: Trevor Ball
The December 25 strike, ordered by Trump, involved the launch of more than a dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles from a U.S. Navy warship.
Source: Trevor Ball
Watchdog: Pentagon Failed to Track Billions in Weapons Sent to Israel
A Pentagon inspector general report found the U.S. Department of Defense failed to properly track large portions of the $13.4 billion in military aid sent to Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
By November 2024, records covered only 44% of weapons under enhanced monitoring, down from 69% before the Gaza war.
The report blamed staffing shortages and combat conditions, warning that poor oversight raises the risk of sensitive U.S. weapons technology falling into hostile hands.
U.S. Central Command and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency were cited for inadequate supervision, including 42 untracked weapons deliveries totaling over four million munitions.
Source: Defense News
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:
The illegal aggression of PM Netanyahu in recognising a part of Somaliaโs Northern region is against international law.
Meddling with Somaliaโs internal affairs is contrary to established legal & diplomatic rules.
Somalia & its people are one: inseparable by division from a far.
NEW: The Justice Department has quietly dropped its claim that Nicolรกs Maduro led a real drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles, backing away from a central assertion promoted by the Trump administration.
A revised indictment now says the term refers not to an organization, but to a culture of corruption and patronage tied to drug money within Venezuelaโs military and government.
The original claim, echoed by the Treasury and State Departments and by Marco Rubio, had treated the phrase as a formal cartel. While prosecutors still accuse Maduro of drug trafficking, they no longer describe him as leading an actual cartel.
Source: NYT
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BBC: You have been incredibly clear, consistently, that Vladimir Putinโs attack on the sovereign country of Ukraine was wrong. So what about President Trumpโs attack on the sovereign country of Venezuela?
Starmer: At the moment, this is a fast-moving situation. There is still a lot that we do not know.
BBC: So will you condemn that action against a sovereign state?
Starmer: I want to gather all the material facts together, because we simply do not yet have the full picture.
I need to speak to President Trump, and I need to speak to our allies.
Starmer: At the moment, this is a fast-moving situation. There is still a lot that we do not know.
BBC: So will you condemn that action against a sovereign state?
Starmer: I want to gather all the material facts together, because we simply do not yet have the full picture.
I need to speak to President Trump, and I need to speak to our allies.
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Latin America Expert Dr. Emrah Kaya:
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Following the operation or attack carried out against Maduro, we can see that a message was effectively sent to left-wing leaders across Latin America.
There is a clear right-wing ascent, and with the recent operation carried out in Venezuela, it is possible to argue that these right-wing groups and factions will become even stronger, while left-wing leaders or states governed by leftist parties will lose significance.
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