From Blockade to Invasion
One month after the US bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the country remains under heightened international tension and internal reconfiguration.
The past four weeks have been marked by reported military attacks, institutional reordering, diplomatic negotiations, prisoner releases, and deep economic reforms carried out under external pressure.
Amid escalation risks, solidarity from allied governments, popular organizations, and regional movements has emerged as the country’s primary line of containment against further confrontation.
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One month after the US bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the country remains under heightened international tension and internal reconfiguration.
The past four weeks have been marked by reported military attacks, institutional reordering, diplomatic negotiations, prisoner releases, and deep economic reforms carried out under external pressure.
Amid escalation risks, solidarity from allied governments, popular organizations, and regional movements has emerged as the country’s primary line of containment against further confrontation.
Click here to follow the chronology and understand what has taken place since January 3 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/DUUFRRUDJTp/?igsh=MWVvbjVkcnBoaXlucQ==
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One month after the US bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the country remains under heightened international tension and internal reconfiguration.
The past four weeks have been marked by reported military…
The past four weeks have been marked by reported military…
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🖊OPINION | US Labor Independence and Solidarity with Venezuela
After the January 3 US military strikes on Venezuela, labor unions across the United States issued resolutions opposing the attacks. One resolution, from the Tucson chapter of the National Writers Union, goes further, calling for transparency and an end to government funding at the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/us-labor-independence-and-solidarity-with-venezuela
#InternationalSolidarity #TradeUnions #USVenezuelaRelations
After the January 3 US military strikes on Venezuela, labor unions across the United States issued resolutions opposing the attacks. One resolution, from the Tucson chapter of the National Writers Union, goes further, calling for transparency and an end to government funding at the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/us-labor-independence-and-solidarity-with-venezuela
#InternationalSolidarity #TradeUnions #USVenezuelaRelations
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US Labor Independence and Solidarity with Venezuela - Venezuelanalysis
James Patrick Jordan takes stock of the US trade union responses to the January 3 US attacks and kidnapping of the Venezuelan president.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuelans Stage Mass Rally, Demand Maduro Liberation and Return
Chavista supporters rallied in Caracas on Tuesday demanding the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, one month after their reported capture during a US attack on Venezuela on Jan. 3.
Maduro and Flores were arraigned in New York on Jan. 5, pleaded not guilty to charges including drug trafficking conspiracy, and their next hearing has been postponed to March 26 following a request from US prosecutors.
Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelans-stage-mass-rally-demand-maduro-liberation-and-return/
#NicolasMaduro #USmilitaryattack #USVenezuelaRelations
Chavista supporters rallied in Caracas on Tuesday demanding the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, one month after their reported capture during a US attack on Venezuela on Jan. 3.
Maduro and Flores were arraigned in New York on Jan. 5, pleaded not guilty to charges including drug trafficking conspiracy, and their next hearing has been postponed to March 26 following a request from US prosecutors.
Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelans-stage-mass-rally-demand-maduro-liberation-and-return/
#NicolasMaduro #USmilitaryattack #USVenezuelaRelations
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Venezuelans Stage Mass Rally, Demand Maduro Liberation and Return - Venezuelanalysis
Maduro and Flores' upcoming court hearing has been postponed to March 26 following a request from US prosecutors.
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🖊🗞COLUMN | US Imperialism and the Venezuelan Oligarchy
In the first delivery of VA’s new Insurgent History column, Christian Flores documents the Venezuelan elites’ historical subservience to foreign empires, a trajectory that culminated on January 3 with US strikes on Caracas, the first US military attack against a capital in this part of the world, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro.
Reflecting on the longer historical pattern, Flores writes that there has been “a clear continuity in the servility of the Creole oligarchy to imperial powers since the nineteenth century.”
Read the full VA column here 👉 https://shorturl.at/3KUp3
#bourgeoisie #InsurgentHistory #USVenezuelaRelations
In the first delivery of VA’s new Insurgent History column, Christian Flores documents the Venezuelan elites’ historical subservience to foreign empires, a trajectory that culminated on January 3 with US strikes on Caracas, the first US military attack against a capital in this part of the world, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro.
Reflecting on the longer historical pattern, Flores writes that there has been “a clear continuity in the servility of the Creole oligarchy to imperial powers since the nineteenth century.”
Read the full VA column here 👉 https://shorturl.at/3KUp3
#bourgeoisie #InsurgentHistory #USVenezuelaRelations
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US Imperialism and the Venezuelan Oligarchy - Venezuelanalysis
In this delivery of the Insurgent History column Christian Flores documents the Venezuelan elites' historical subservience to foreign empires.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Rodríguez Courts European Investment as US Greenlights Diluent Exports
Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez met with executives from Repsol (Spain) and Maurel & Prom (France) to promote investment following reforms to the Hydrocarbon Law, which increase corporate control over extraction and exports.
At the same time, the US Treasury has issued new licenses allowing Venezuelan imports of US diluents and permitting US companies to buy and market Venezuelan crude, with proceeds deposited in US-controlled accounts. Bloomberg reports Washington is also preparing a license to allow US firms to extract Venezuelan oil.
Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-rodriguez-courts-european-investment-as-us-greenlights-diluent-exports/
#2026OilReform #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez met with executives from Repsol (Spain) and Maurel & Prom (France) to promote investment following reforms to the Hydrocarbon Law, which increase corporate control over extraction and exports.
At the same time, the US Treasury has issued new licenses allowing Venezuelan imports of US diluents and permitting US companies to buy and market Venezuelan crude, with proceeds deposited in US-controlled accounts. Bloomberg reports Washington is also preparing a license to allow US firms to extract Venezuelan oil.
Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-rodriguez-courts-european-investment-as-us-greenlights-diluent-exports/
#2026OilReform #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
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Venezuela: Rodríguez Courts European Investment as US Greenlights Diluent Exports - Venezuelanalysis
The US Treasury loosened restrictions on diluent imports and could soon issue a license allowing companies to extract crude in Venezuela.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Lawyer Denies Arrest of Former Diplomat and Minister Alex Saab
Lawyer for former Venezuelan diplomat and Industry Minister Alex Saab has publicly denied that his client was arrested in Caracas, calling reports “not true.” Venezuelan authorities have not confirmed or denied the alleged arrest, and Saab’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Earlier reports from Colombian media claimed Saab and businessman Raúl Gorrín were detained by Venezuela’s intelligence service and questioned about US money laundering charges as part of reported cooperation between Caracas and Washington. Venezuelan officials have yet to issue an official statement on the matter.
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#AlexSaab #RaulGorrin
Lawyer for former Venezuelan diplomat and Industry Minister Alex Saab has publicly denied that his client was arrested in Caracas, calling reports “not true.” Venezuelan authorities have not confirmed or denied the alleged arrest, and Saab’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Earlier reports from Colombian media claimed Saab and businessman Raúl Gorrín were detained by Venezuela’s intelligence service and questioned about US money laundering charges as part of reported cooperation between Caracas and Washington. Venezuelan officials have yet to issue an official statement on the matter.
Read the full report here 👉 https://shorturl.at/96gYy
#AlexSaab #RaulGorrin
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Venezuela: Lawyer Denies Arrest of Former Diplomat and Minister Alex Saab - Venezuelanalysis
Venezuelan authorities have neither confirmed nor denied the purported arrest, with Saab’s whereabouts still unknown as of Friday afternoon.
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🖊OPINION | One Hundred Years of British Interference in Venezuela
Declassified UK documents detail how British governments sought to protect oil investments in Venezuela for over a century, including opposing nationalisation and lobbying during Hugo Chávez’s presidency in 2001.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/one-hundred-years-of-british-interference-in-venezuela/
#HugoChavez #PDVSA #UnitedKingdom
Declassified UK documents detail how British governments sought to protect oil investments in Venezuela for over a century, including opposing nationalisation and lobbying during Hugo Chávez’s presidency in 2001.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/one-hundred-years-of-british-interference-in-venezuela/
#HugoChavez #PDVSA #UnitedKingdom
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One Hundred Years of British Interference in Venezuela - Venezuelanalysis
Declassified files expose UK efforts to control Venezuela’s oil for over a century through political pressure, propaganda, and covert ops.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Authorities Begin Consultations on Amnesty Law
The Venezuelan National Assembly has begun nationwide consultations on a preliminarily approved “Amnesty Bill for Democratic Coexistence,” holding meetings with community peace judges, civil society organizations and university law faculties. Lawmakers said the process aims to gather input before a revised version is submitted for a final vote in the coming weeks.
The bill seeks to pardon political and related crimes committed between January 1, 1999, and January 30, 2026, while explicitly excluding serious human rights violations, crimes against humanity, homicide, drug trafficking and corruption. Former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero endorsed the initiative during a meeting in Caracas, describing it as a turning point for national reconciliation.
Read the full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-authorities-begin-consultations-on-amnesty-law/
#2026AmnestyLaw #Opposition
The Venezuelan National Assembly has begun nationwide consultations on a preliminarily approved “Amnesty Bill for Democratic Coexistence,” holding meetings with community peace judges, civil society organizations and university law faculties. Lawmakers said the process aims to gather input before a revised version is submitted for a final vote in the coming weeks.
The bill seeks to pardon political and related crimes committed between January 1, 1999, and January 30, 2026, while explicitly excluding serious human rights violations, crimes against humanity, homicide, drug trafficking and corruption. Former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero endorsed the initiative during a meeting in Caracas, describing it as a turning point for national reconciliation.
Read the full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-authorities-begin-consultations-on-amnesty-law/
#2026AmnestyLaw #Opposition
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Venezuelan Authorities Begin Consultations on Amnesty Law - Venezuelanalysis
Former Spanish President Zapatero endorsed the amnesty initiative and called it a “turning point” for national reconciliation.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Parliament Head Welcomes ‘Win-Win’ Relations with US, Dismisses Short-Term Elections
Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez confirmed an accelerated diplomatic rapprochement with the United States, including regular contact with senior US officials and reforms to the Hydrocarbon Law aimed at promoting US investment.
He also ruled out holding elections in the near future, stating that Venezuela will follow its constitutionally established electoral calendar as the government prioritizes stabilization.
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#NicolasMaduro #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez confirmed an accelerated diplomatic rapprochement with the United States, including regular contact with senior US officials and reforms to the Hydrocarbon Law aimed at promoting US investment.
He also ruled out holding elections in the near future, stating that Venezuela will follow its constitutionally established electoral calendar as the government prioritizes stabilization.
Read our full report here 👉 https://shorturl.at/xgHLM
#NicolasMaduro #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
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Venezuelan Parliament Head Welcomes ‘Win-Win’ Relations with US, Dismisses Short-Term Elections - Venezuelanalysis
Rodríguez said that Venezuelan authorities are “adapting” legislation, including the Hydrocarbon Law, to promote investment from the US.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Oil Production Recedes Under US Blockade, Gov’t Denies Israel Shipment
Venezuela’s crude oil production declined to 830,000 barrels per day in January, the lowest output since May 2024, after a month-long United States naval blockade disrupted exports and led to storage constraints and cuts in production. OPEC’s latest monthly report, based on secondary sources, shows the drop from 917,000 bpd in December, while PDVSA reported 924,000 bpd, down from 1.12 million bpd.
Separately, the Venezuelan government denied a Bloomberg report alleging a crude shipment to Israel’s Bazan Group. Under the current US-imposed arrangement, traders Vitol and Trafigura are lifting Venezuelan oil, depositing proceeds in US-administered accounts, with sanctions waivers requiring payments to be handled under US Treasury oversight.
Read our full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-oil-production-recedes-under-us-blockade-govt-denies-israel-shipment
#Israel #PDVSA #Sanctions
Venezuela’s crude oil production declined to 830,000 barrels per day in January, the lowest output since May 2024, after a month-long United States naval blockade disrupted exports and led to storage constraints and cuts in production. OPEC’s latest monthly report, based on secondary sources, shows the drop from 917,000 bpd in December, while PDVSA reported 924,000 bpd, down from 1.12 million bpd.
Separately, the Venezuelan government denied a Bloomberg report alleging a crude shipment to Israel’s Bazan Group. Under the current US-imposed arrangement, traders Vitol and Trafigura are lifting Venezuelan oil, depositing proceeds in US-administered accounts, with sanctions waivers requiring payments to be handled under US Treasury oversight.
Read our full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-oil-production-recedes-under-us-blockade-govt-denies-israel-shipment
#Israel #PDVSA #Sanctions
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Venezuela: Oil Production Recedes Under US Blockade, Gov’t Denies Israel Shipment - Venezuelanalysis
Commodity traders reportedly sold Venezuelan crude to an Israeli refiner as part of the Trump-enforced administration of Venezuela’s oil exports.
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🖊OPINION | The Venezuelan Organic Law on Hydrocarbons
Venezuelan lawyer, writer, and public intellectual Luis Britto García reviews Caracas’ recent oil reform, arguing that it conflicts with Article 151 of the Constitution by permitting alternative dispute resolution, including independent arbitration, in matters of public interest.
He also states that the reform authorizes discretionary reductions in royalties and taxes, potentially decreasing the national fiscal share from 65% to 25%.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-venezuelan-organic-law-on-hydrocarbons/
#PDVSA #Sovereignty #USVenezuelaRelations
Venezuelan lawyer, writer, and public intellectual Luis Britto García reviews Caracas’ recent oil reform, arguing that it conflicts with Article 151 of the Constitution by permitting alternative dispute resolution, including independent arbitration, in matters of public interest.
He also states that the reform authorizes discretionary reductions in royalties and taxes, potentially decreasing the national fiscal share from 65% to 25%.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-venezuelan-organic-law-on-hydrocarbons/
#PDVSA #Sovereignty #USVenezuelaRelations
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The Venezuelan Organic Law on Hydrocarbons - Venezuelanalysis
Luis Britto García closely reviews Caracas’ recent oil reform, arguing that it unconstitutionally undermines Venezuelan sovereignty.
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📰 NEWS | Rodríguez Hails ‘Long-Term’ US Energy Ties as Trump Official Vows to ‘Set Venezuela Free’
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright met Acting President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Wednesday, marking the highest-level US visit to Miraflores Palace in more than 25 years.
Rodríguez outlined plans for a “long-term productive alliance” focused on oil, natural gas, electricity and mineral projects. Wright said the Trump administration has issued sanctions waivers for US companies to resume oil operations and export inputs to Venezuela.
The new licenses require payments to US Treasury-designated accounts and prohibit transactions with firms from China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Russia. The visit comes weeks after US forces bombed Caracas and detained President Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
Read the full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/rodriguez-hails-long-term-us-energy-ties-as-trump-official-vows-to-set-venezuela-free/
#DelcyRodriguez #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright met Acting President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Wednesday, marking the highest-level US visit to Miraflores Palace in more than 25 years.
Rodríguez outlined plans for a “long-term productive alliance” focused on oil, natural gas, electricity and mineral projects. Wright said the Trump administration has issued sanctions waivers for US companies to resume oil operations and export inputs to Venezuela.
The new licenses require payments to US Treasury-designated accounts and prohibit transactions with firms from China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Russia. The visit comes weeks after US forces bombed Caracas and detained President Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
Read the full report here 👉 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/rodriguez-hails-long-term-us-energy-ties-as-trump-official-vows-to-set-venezuela-free/
#DelcyRodriguez #PDVSA #USVenezuelaRelations
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Rodríguez Hails ‘Long-Term’ US Energy Ties as Trump Official Vows to ‘Set Venezuela Free’ - Venezuelanalysis
Wright's high-level visit took place five weeks after US forces bombed Caracas and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
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