"They're unrecognizable". The heartbreaking testimony of the families of "Los Gedeones" after seeing them for the first time in months. "Was it necessary to come to this?".

🇻🇪 María Corina Machado:

"We must dismantle the presence of Cuba, Russia, and Iran in our institutions. China lent more than 60 billion dollars to the regime."

"Once we dismantle the regime in Venezuela, Cuba will be next. Nicaragua will follow."

"For the first time in history, the Americas will be free from communism and dictatorship."

⚠️🇻🇪 Delcy Rodríguez eliminates Chavista missions (social programs -Welfare Spending-) and foundations via decree

The acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, ordered the immediate abolition of several Chavista missions and foundations operating from Miraflores, after signing decree 5.248 published in the extraordinary Official Gazette 6.985. The measure eliminated entities that had been living off the public budget for years.

Among the liquidated bodies are theRobert Serra Homeland Youth Mission Foundation and the Presidential Office of Special Plans and Projects, structures that managed millions of dollars without oversight. Also eliminated were Propatria 2000, José Félix Ribas, and the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement of the Active Reserve.

The most sensitive blow was the disappearance of the Strategic Center for Security and Homeland Protection (Cesppa), the body responsible for monitoring, classifying, and censoring "sensitive" information for the Chavista regime.

Only the Socialist New Frontier of Peace Mission partially survived after being transferred to the Foreign Ministry.

https://www.scribd.com/document/998320444/Gaceta-Oficial-Extraordinaria-6985

🇻🇪🇺🇸 María Corina justifies awarding the Nobel to Trump: "The only country that has risked the lives of some of its citizens for the freedom of Venezuela is the USA."

https://alertas24.com/maria-corina-justifica-entrega-del-nobel-a-trump-el-unico-pais-que-ha-arriesgado-las-vidas-de-algunos-de-sus-ciudadanos-por-la-libertad-de-venezuela-es-ee-uu/

🛢 🇨🇺 🇺🇸 A Bloomberg analysis of satellite data shows that much of Cuba has gone dark this year due to the Trump's oil blockade

It’s now a waiting game between Washington and Havana to see who blinks first. Trump argues the regime is so weak it will collapse on its own and is severing all sources of external support to speed the process. Díaz-Canel has indicated he’s open to negotiations with the US, but not about the country’s one-party system of government.

From rural towns to provincial capitals and Havana itself, everyday Cubans are living under increasing duress as a result. While the regime survived the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s through similarly aggressive belt-tightening and stoicism, it could still import fuel to keep the lights on.

Not being able to do so this time, Bustamante said, represents “a very significant blow that will severely strain an already severely strained electric grid.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-cuba-oil-supply-power-grid-blackout

📎 Joe Weisenthal

The flooding of the Guanare River in Portuguesa state surprised the vacationers who were there to enjoy the music and cultural activities during the Carnival holiday.

Colombian Foreign Minister: "It's possible" that Delcy Rodríguez will visit Colombia next week

Fanb seizes 23 kilos of cocaine in Zulia and arrests two people

Also, in Táchira, 567 kilos of cocaine and marijuana were confiscated

🇺🇸✡ Epstein conducted million-dollar business for nearly 10 years with PDVSA bonds

https://bit.ly/46VodzJ