Venezuela

Monday, October 27th 2025 - 20:02 UTC
Venezuela claims to have foiled alleged CIA-backed “false flag” plot from Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuela's Bolivarian regime on Monday denounced what it claims is a high-level “false flag” operation orchestrated by the CIA and coordinated from Trinidad and Tobago, designed to create a pretext to launch a military strike against Caracas. Foreign Minister Yván Gil stated that a “criminal cell financed by the CIA” linked to the covert operation was being dismantled within Venezuelan territory.
Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:35 UTC
US strike kills six on Caribbean boat

The US military conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel in international waters overnight Thursday, killing six people described as “narco-terrorists,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:34 UTC
Maduro says foreign movements organizing brigades to help Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Friday that international social movements were organizing the “Simón Bolívar Internationalist Brigades” to “fight alongside Venezuela for independence, sovereignty, and peace.”
Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Moscow and Caracas ratify bond amidst Caribbean tensions

The Russian Parliament officially ratified the Strategic Partnership Treaty between Moscow and Caracas on Wednesday, expanding political and economic cooperation between the two nations amid heightened military tensions in the Caribbean Sea in view of the United States' deployment targeting alleged drug smuggling boats. The Russian Federation Council (Upper House) approved the treaty, confirming the prior approval by the State Duma (Lower House).
Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 11:17 UTC
US Senate warned of Hezbollah expansion in Venezuela

A group of international terrorism experts delivered a stark warning to the US Senate on Tuesday, detailing the dramatic expansion of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its deepening ties with the Venezuelan state under President Nicolás Maduro.
Monday, October 20th 2025 - 10:41 UTC
IAPA finds deteriorating conditions for reporters in Paraguay and Venezuela

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), at the close of its 81st General Assembly, released a report highlighting “persistent serious challenges” to freedom of expression in Paraguay. It also noted that 80 digital news portals were blocked in Venezuela, including CNN, NTN24, and Infobae.
Friday, October 17th 2025 - 21:40 UTC
Two survivors captured after US military strike on alleged Venezuelan “narco-submarine”

Two people have reportedly survived a US military attack on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela and are being held aboard a Navy ship in the Caribbean, according to unnamed US officials cited by American media.
Thursday, October 16th 2025 - 10:16 UTC
Caracas angered by CIA clearance to target Venezuela

After The New York Times revealed that US President Donald Trump authorized the CIA to carry out covert actions in Venezuela, the Bolivarian regime in Caracas issued a fierce response.
Wednesday, October 15th 2025 - 23:03 UTC
Trump authorizes CIA covert operations in Venezuela amid rising military tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations inside Venezuela, marking a new escalation in Washington’s campaign against Nicolás Maduro’s government. The move, first reported by The New York Times, comes as U.S. military pressure intensifies in the Caribbean, where American forces have attacked several vessels it accuses of trafficking drugs from the South American nation.
Tuesday, October 14th 2025 - 10:30 UTC
Maduro orders Armed Forces to ready “indigenous brigades”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the expansion of indigenous militias within the Bolivarian forces to defend the nation against what he calls a “threat” from the US military deployment in the Caribbean.