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Venezuela's 'black gold' allies: Caracas' links to Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

Euronews

Venezuela's Russian-Made Defense Systems Were Not Connected To Radar When U.S. Forces Conducted Raid To Capture Maduro: Report

Venezuela's advanced air defense systems bought from Russia were not connected to the radar when U.S. forces descended in Caracas to capture authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Trump plays the savior after getting his oil payout, while holding Venezuela hostage with air strikes and demanding more

The US is basically an imperial nation now.

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US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries

State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans

The Guardian - US

Slow-moving prisoner releases in Venezuela enter 3rd day

Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months

The Independent UK

Trinidad and Tobago went all in with the US – it will prove a costly misjudgment

Aligning itself with Washington and casually dismissing regional diplomacy has left the dual island nation isolated amid the Venezuela crisis, says Caribbean analyst Kenneth Mohammed

The Guardian - UK

Venezuelans Report Phone Searches and Detentions as Interim Regime Cracks Down on Dissent

The crackdown has unfolded alongside large, government-led marches in Caracas calling for Maduro's freedom

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From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor

Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

How markets have cashed in on Maduro’s capture in Venezuela – and why it’s raising questions

On January 3, the world watched in disbelief as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, was captured by US forces. It was a dramatic geopolitical event that would reverberate not just in Washington and Caracas, but deep into global financial markets.

The Conversation

After Trump’s attack, we Venezuelans need to know what comes next – authoritarianism or democracy

There is palpable tension: not because anyone trusts the president and the US, but because now there is opportunity for change, says historian Jesús Piñero

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t take it any more’: thousands flee guerrilla clashes on Colombia-Venezuela border

Caracas shake-up could intensify violence in Catatumbo in Colombia, an area rich with coca crops, cocaine laboratories and a porous border with Venezuela

The Guardian - AU

Venezuela begins releasing political detainees to ‘consolidate peace’

Opposition leader María Corina Machado hails move to tackle ‘injustice’ as Spain’s foreign ministry confirms release of five Spanish nationals

The Guardian - UK

Maduro raid had telltale signs of a cyber-enabled blackout

Trump says "a certain expertise that we have" was used to turn off the lights in Caracas.

Axios

The Guardian view on the new global disorder: Britain and Europe must find their own path

Editorial: Donald Trump’s Venezuela policy confirms he has no time for rules or process. America’s allies must find new ways to guarantee their own interests

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Euronews

US could run Venezuela and tap into its oil reserves for years, Trump says in interview

US special forces snatched president Maduro and his wife in a lightning raid on Saturday and whisked them to New York to face trial on drug and weapons charges.

Evening Standard

'We were screaming for help': How Venezuelans in London feel about Maduro's capture

Donald Trump’s operation in Venezuela has shocked the world – but the news was greeted with cautious celebration by exiles from the Maduro regime in London

The Independent UK

Photos show Venezuelans mourning loved ones killed during US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro

Venezuelans gathered in mourning as the country’s military held a mass funeral in Caracas for dozens of soldiers killed during a U.S. operation to capture former President Nicolás Maduro.

The Independent UK

Venezuela's military buries soldiers slain in US operation to capture Maduro

Venezuela’s military held a mass funeral in Caracas as it began to bury dozens of soldiers slain during the United States' weekend operation to capture former President Nicolás Maduro

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The Conversation

Maduro’s capture: ‘Trump has taken an unprecedented and very risky gamble,’ according to a historian

The United States military recently carried out a covert operation to capture and then remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, transporting them from Caracas to New York. The pair is accused of narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering.

The Independent UK

Trump is ‘dictating’ policy to interim leadership of Venezuela after Maduro capture

Venezuela’s interim president maintains she is in charge of the government in Caracas

The Independent UK

Tulsi Gabbard goes missing from TV spots as Trump officials boast about president’s Venezuela attacks

Director of National Intelligence reportedly not part of planning for raid on Caracas to capture Nicolas Maduro and has not been seen on conservative media since

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Masked militias are searching phones and cars in Caracas looking for one thing, and people are too scared to leave their homes

Caracas has turned into a nightmare.

International Business Times UK

Far-Left Militias Tighten Grip on Caracas Streets Amid Fears of Imminent Civil War

Far-left colectivos seize Caracas after US capture of Nicolás Maduro, fuelling fears of civil war as abandoned military posts, repression, and warnings of coups grow.

Euronews

Is Havana next? After Maduro's removal, Cuba loses an ally and fears economic disaster

The Cuban leadership has lost a critical economic ally in Nicolás Maduro, and likely US oil embargo could deepen the island's economic crisis. But according to an expert, it is unlikely to bring people to the streets.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Europe’s silence over Venezuela says about its fear of Trump

In today’s newsletter: Leaders’ refusal to condemn the US’s intervention in Caracas shows a desperation to keep the White House on side – but a red line might not be far away

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