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🟢 Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez joined Democracy Now! this morning from Caracas to discuss the Venezuelan response and perspective on the U.S. operation. Chávez said President Nicolás Maduro was “kidnapped,” not lawfully seized, in a clear violation of international law and Venezuelan sovereignty. She rejected U.S. claims of...

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A representative of the Yari González women’s movement told Drop Site News contributor Andreína Chávez that Venezuelan women are mobilizing in response to the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. “They think we will stay quiet, that we are just women—but we are here, dug in and fighting for our country,” she said, vowing to remain in the streets until they are freed. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉 | Drop Site
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A representative of the Yari González women’s movement told Drop Site News contributor Andreína Chávez that Venezuelan women are mobilizing in response to the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. “They think we will stay quiet, that we are just women—but we are here, dug in and fighting for our country,” she said, vowing to remain in the streets until they are freed. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉 | Drop Site

Drop Site

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“We are here demanding the return of our president and our congresswoman Cilia Flores, kidnapped by the United States,” said Iskra Pérez Sangronis. “The communes of this country are prepared to fight in any scenario to defend the homeland and the future.” Pérez, a member of the Gigante Cacique Tiuna Commune in San Pedro, Caracas, spoke with Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez, calling for mobilization and grassroots defense of Venezuela’s political project. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉 | Drop Site
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“We are here demanding the return of our president and our congresswoman Cilia Flores, kidnapped by the United States,” said Iskra Pérez Sangronis. “The communes of this country are prepared to fight in any scenario to defend the homeland and the future.” Pérez, a member of the Gigante Cacique Tiuna Commune in San Pedro, Caracas, spoke with Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez, calling for mobilization and grassroots defense of Venezuela’s political project. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉 | Drop Site

Drop Site

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“We are here to demand that the North Americans who took our president and our first lady return them,” said Orangel Vera, 18. “All the youth are backing our president. We are in the streets.” Vera is a member of the Juana de Ávila South Communal Circuit in Zulia state. He spoke with Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez in Caracas, Venezuela. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉
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“We are here to demand that the North Americans who took our president and our first lady return them,” said Orangel Vera, 18. “All the youth are backing our president. We are in the streets.” Vera is a member of the Juana de Ávila South Communal Circuit in Zulia state. He spoke with Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez in Caracas, Venezuela. Andreína Chávez Alava🍉

Drop Site

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🇻🇪 Venezuelan Interior Minister reports 100 killed in U.S. military attack According to Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s Minister of Interior and a top government official, the U.S. operation that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3 has so far left at least 100 people dead, with a similar number wounded. Cabello described the assault as barbaric and treacherous, and said this truth “no one can cover up.”
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🇻🇪 Venezuelan Interior Minister reports 100 killed in U.S. military attack According to Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s Minister of Interior and a top government official, the U.S. operation that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3 has so far left at least 100 people dead, with a similar number wounded. Cabello described the assault as barbaric and treacherous, and said this truth “no one can cover up.”

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 U.S. sources report that the Delta special forces operation in Caracas is now in its most critical stages. The mission, focused on detaining Nicolás Maduro and several senior Venezuelan officials, is actively underway. The U.S. military helicopters are operating at low altitude which make them an easy targets for air defense systems but there is no defensive response from the Venezuelan air defense forces. See the latest updates with us: Visioner
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🇺🇸🇻🇪 U.S. sources report that the Delta special forces operation in Caracas is now in its most critical stages. The mission, focused on detaining Nicolás Maduro and several senior Venezuelan officials, is actively underway. The U.S. military helicopters are operating at low altitude which make them an easy targets for air defense systems but there is no defensive response from the Venezuelan air defense forces. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

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BREAKING; COLOMBIA"S tanks and troops are moving to VENEZUELA border. Colombia has deployed troops and armored vehicles to its border with Venezuela , in response to the U.S. military operation that reportedly captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. This follows U.S. airstrikes and the reported capture of Maduro, which has drawn international condemnation from leaders in Latin America (including Petro, Brazil's Lula, and Mexico's Sheinbaum), as well as Russia, China, and others, for violating international law. Border conditions remain reported as normal so far, with no indications of direct confrontation between Colombian and Venezuelan forces.The situation is fluid, with concerns about humanitarian impacts and regional instability.

Global Surveillance

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BREAKING: President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out “a large scale strike against Venezuela” and were flying President Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of the country. Eyewitness video on Saturday captured explosions and smoke rising from Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Caracas. The Venezuelan government said attacks also took place in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira, prompting the government to declare a national emergency and mobilize defense forces.
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BREAKING: President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out “a large scale strike against Venezuela” and were flying President Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of the country. Eyewitness video on Saturday captured explosions and smoke rising from Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Caracas. The Venezuelan government said attacks also took place in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira, prompting the government to declare a national emergency and mobilize defense forces.

CBS News

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It has been seven months since an audacious U.S. raid into the heart of Caracas turned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into a detainee and defendant in a U.S. courtroom. President Donald Trump declared after the operation that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela. But is the U.S. interested in helping transition power back to the Venezuelan people? “The political transition and the full restoration of democracy and free elections in Venezuela is essential,” Andres Martinez-Fernandez, a senior policy analyst for Latin America at The Heritage Foundation, told host Nick Schifrin. “This movement of socialism, anti-Americanism, has no future in Venezuela under free and fair elections, and I think that's important.” Compass Points from PBS News analyzes prominent international affairs topics and America’s role in a shifting world, breaking down global conflicts, rising tensions, and their implications for U.S. interests. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode.
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It has been seven months since an audacious U.S. raid into the heart of Caracas turned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into a detainee and defendant in a U.S. courtroom. President Donald Trump declared after the operation that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela. But is the U.S. interested in helping transition power back to the Venezuelan people? “The political transition and the full restoration of democracy and free elections in Venezuela is essential,” Andres Martinez-Fernandez, a senior policy analyst for Latin America at The Heritage Foundation, told host Nick Schifrin. “This movement of socialism, anti-Americanism, has no future in Venezuela under free and fair elections, and I think that's important.” Compass Points from PBS News analyzes prominent international affairs topics and America’s role in a shifting world, breaking down global conflicts, rising tensions, and their implications for U.S. interests. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode.

PBS News

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The U.S. conducted airstrikes in Venezuela overnight, targeting military bases and at least one port. President Trump said, in a post on Truth Social, that Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country. U.S. officials told CBS News that Maduro was captured by the U.S. military’s elite Delta Force. The president added that the operation was carried out with the help of U.S. law enforcement. The Trump administration has accused Maduro of being aligned with drug cartels and gangs designated by the U.S. as terrorist organizations.
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The U.S. conducted airstrikes in Venezuela overnight, targeting military bases and at least one port. President Trump said, in a post on Truth Social, that Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country. U.S. officials told CBS News that Maduro was captured by the U.S. military’s elite Delta Force. The president added that the operation was carried out with the help of U.S. law enforcement. The Trump administration has accused Maduro of being aligned with drug cartels and gangs designated by the U.S. as terrorist organizations.

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In a 2009 interview, then president Hugo Chávez rejected claims that he was “paranoid” about the United States, arguing that US hostility toward Venezuela was driven by oil. He said Venezuela has more than a century of oil reserves while the US is running out, and that Washington has repeatedly sought to install a subordinate government in Caracas to secure control. Chávez described a long record of US and CIA-backed coups and assassinations across Latin America, calling it a dark and destructive period for democracy. The warning remains relevant as the United States carried out a large-scale bombing campaign on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, forcibly removing them from the country in a direct attack on Venezuela’s sovereignty. Governments around the world have condemned the operation as a violation of international law and a blatant act of imperial control aimed at seizing Venezuela’s oil resources and undermining its political independence.
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In a 2009 interview, then president Hugo Chávez rejected claims that he was “paranoid” about the United States, arguing that US hostility toward Venezuela was driven by oil. He said Venezuela has more than a century of oil reserves while the US is running out, and that Washington has repeatedly sought to install a subordinate government in Caracas to secure control. Chávez described a long record of US and CIA-backed coups and assassinations across Latin America, calling it a dark and destructive period for democracy. The warning remains relevant as the United States carried out a large-scale bombing campaign on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, forcibly removing them from the country in a direct attack on Venezuela’s sovereignty. Governments around the world have condemned the operation as a violation of international law and a blatant act of imperial control aimed at seizing Venezuela’s oil resources and undermining its political independence.

Middle East Eye

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Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez spoke with Rocío Rodríguez, 58, a member of the First Cultural Commune from Sucre municipality, Miranda state. “We are a sovereign, free people. We have the right to self-determination,” Rodríguez told Drop Site, warning that what is happening in Venezuela “could happen in any country.” Calling Venezuela a “zone of peace,” she demanded that the United Nations and the International Court of Justice intervene, saying: “Enough is enough.”
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Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez spoke with Rocío Rodríguez, 58, a member of the First Cultural Commune from Sucre municipality, Miranda state. “We are a sovereign, free people. We have the right to self-determination,” Rodríguez told Drop Site, warning that what is happening in Venezuela “could happen in any country.” Calling Venezuela a “zone of peace,” she demanded that the United Nations and the International Court of Justice intervene, saying: “Enough is enough.”

Drop Site

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⚡️🇻🇪 "They're going to accuse you of being a drug trafficker": Chávez predicted years ago the "Noriega formula" of the Pentagon against uncomfortable leaders Decades before the US military operation in Caracas, Commander Hugo Chávez had already been warned that Washington was preparing a special operation to personally point him out as a "drug trafficker" and thus justify any action against him. "Some years ago, someone told me: (...) They're going to try to apply the formula [of then Panamanian leader, Manuel] Noriega", revealed the former Venezuelan president with total clarity. Describing the mechanism that the US had already used in Panama and Iraq, Chávez denounced that "they are looking for a way to associate Chávez directly with drug trafficking" because "anything is valid against a drug trafficker who is president". 💬 "We must die fighting, right there on the front line (...) I will die at the forefront with the dignity of a Venezuelan who loves this country", he stated, inspired by Fidel Castro.
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⚡️🇻🇪 "They're going to accuse you of being a drug trafficker": Chávez predicted years ago the "Noriega formula" of the Pentagon against uncomfortable leaders Decades before the US military operation in Caracas, Commander Hugo Chávez had already been warned that Washington was preparing a special operation to personally point him out as a "drug trafficker" and thus justify any action against him. "Some years ago, someone told me: (...) They're going to try to apply the formula [of then Panamanian leader, Manuel] Noriega", revealed the former Venezuelan president with total clarity. Describing the mechanism that the US had already used in Panama and Iraq, Chávez denounced that "they are looking for a way to associate Chávez directly with drug trafficking" because "anything is valid against a drug trafficker who is president". 💬 "We must die fighting, right there on the front line (...) I will die at the forefront with the dignity of a Venezuelan who loves this country", he stated, inspired by Fidel Castro.

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Venezuelan Vice President Delsi Rodríguez is safe, and if Maduro has indeed been captured, it is she who should now lead Venezuela The fact that Delsi Rodríguez is safe is confirmed by the American The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, reports from a number of media outlets about the death of Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López after a bombing have not been confirmed. He published a video on social media, stating that he is hiding in a bunker somewhere in Venezuela. In the post, Padrino López said that in the early hours of January 3, 2026, the Venezuelan people were subjected to a criminal military aggression by the US government. This is the first official statement from the Venezuelan leadership following the attack. The caption to his video post: "Heroic people of Venezuela! Soldiers of the Fatherland! Sons and daughters of Bolívar! The Bolivarian National Armed Forces inform the world that in the early hours of January 3, 2026, the Venezuelan people became the target of the most criminal military aggression by the United States government. Honor, duty, and history call us. Let the cry of a free homeland resound in every corner. Victory is ours, because reason and dignity are on our side. We will win!"
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Venezuelan Vice President Delsi Rodríguez is safe, and if Maduro has indeed been captured, it is she who should now lead Venezuela The fact that Delsi Rodríguez is safe is confirmed by the American The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, reports from a number of media outlets about the death of Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López after a bombing have not been confirmed. He published a video on social media, stating that he is hiding in a bunker somewhere in Venezuela. In the post, Padrino López said that in the early hours of January 3, 2026, the Venezuelan people were subjected to a criminal military aggression by the US government. This is the first official statement from the Venezuelan leadership following the attack. The caption to his video post: "Heroic people of Venezuela! Soldiers of the Fatherland! Sons and daughters of Bolívar! The Bolivarian National Armed Forces inform the world that in the early hours of January 3, 2026, the Venezuelan people became the target of the most criminal military aggression by the United States government. Honor, duty, and history call us. Let the cry of a free homeland resound in every corner. Victory is ours, because reason and dignity are on our side. We will win!"

Sprinter Press

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President Donald Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country. "We can't take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn't have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind," Trump said. "We're going to stay until such time as — we're going to run it essentially — until such time as a proper transition can take place." The president also said the U.S. is prepared to stage "a second and much larger attack if we need to do so." The move comes after months of escalating military pressure by the Trump administration on Maduro over allegations of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Maduro and his wife were being transported aboard a U.S. warship to New York on Saturday to face criminal charges.
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President Donald Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country. "We can't take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn't have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind," Trump said. "We're going to stay until such time as — we're going to run it essentially — until such time as a proper transition can take place." The president also said the U.S. is prepared to stage "a second and much larger attack if we need to do so." The move comes after months of escalating military pressure by the Trump administration on Maduro over allegations of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. Maduro and his wife were being transported aboard a U.S. warship to New York on Saturday to face criminal charges.

PBS News

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"This is a very bad actor sitting on top of the world's largest known reserves of oil, plus the critical minerals that will fuel the 21st century economy, and he's in bed with our strategic competitors,” former U.S. Ambassador James Story told 60 Minutes in October. He was the last American diplomat at the now-closed U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife landed in New York on Saturday hours after a dramatic U.S. military operation in Caracas that led to their capture.
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"This is a very bad actor sitting on top of the world's largest known reserves of oil, plus the critical minerals that will fuel the 21st century economy, and he's in bed with our strategic competitors,” former U.S. Ambassador James Story told 60 Minutes in October. He was the last American diplomat at the now-closed U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife landed in New York on Saturday hours after a dramatic U.S. military operation in Caracas that led to their capture.

60 Minutes

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🚨 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 MADURO “KIDNAPPED” IN U.S. RAID? VENEZUELA NAMES VP DELCY RODRIGUEZ ACTING PRESIDENT In a stunning twist, Venezuela’s Supreme Court just installed VP Delcy Rodriguez as acting president, hours after claiming Maduro was abducted in a U.S. military op. Yes, Caracas is accusing Washington of literally kidnapping a sitting head of state. The U.S. hasn’t responded yet to this, but Maduro has been a longtime thorn in the side of U.S. foreign policy, and this may be the boldest move yet to remove him. It’s a warning shot to any country that refuses to play by Washington’s rules. “VP Rodriguez strongly slammed the kidnapping of Maduro from the United States, stating that Maduro is the only President of Venezuela. Rodriguez demanded the immediate release of Maduro and his wife. She said Venezuela will not be a colony of any country, the people of Venezuela have resisted all aggressions, and they will continue on this path. Rodriguez assured the nation that there was a functioning government in place, and that Venezuela is ready to face every challenge.” Source: PressTV
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🚨 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 MADURO “KIDNAPPED” IN U.S. RAID? VENEZUELA NAMES VP DELCY RODRIGUEZ ACTING PRESIDENT In a stunning twist, Venezuela’s Supreme Court just installed VP Delcy Rodriguez as acting president, hours after claiming Maduro was abducted in a U.S. military op. Yes, Caracas is accusing Washington of literally kidnapping a sitting head of state. The U.S. hasn’t responded yet to this, but Maduro has been a longtime thorn in the side of U.S. foreign policy, and this may be the boldest move yet to remove him. It’s a warning shot to any country that refuses to play by Washington’s rules. “VP Rodriguez strongly slammed the kidnapping of Maduro from the United States, stating that Maduro is the only President of Venezuela. Rodriguez demanded the immediate release of Maduro and his wife. She said Venezuela will not be a colony of any country, the people of Venezuela have resisted all aggressions, and they will continue on this path. Rodriguez assured the nation that there was a functioning government in place, and that Venezuela is ready to face every challenge.” Source: PressTV

Mario Nawfal

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🔴 The Plan for Venezuela ➤ Three-phase plan outlined by Secretary of State Rubio and War Secretary Hegseth includes: 1. Stabilization — prevent chaos and control how oil revenue is handled. 2. Recovery — open Venezuela’s oil and market to U.S., Western, and other companies and pursue “national reconciliation,” including amnesty for opposition forces. 3. Transition — effectively, a regime change from the “interim authorities” to another government that the US approves. Rubio says this will ultimately be up to the Venezuelan people. Rubio offered no timeline for elections, but said Venezuelans will decide their future leadership later. ➤ Rubio said Washington has “tremendous control and leverage” over Venezuela’s interim government through the quarantine and sanctions on its oil sector. ➤ U.S. plans to initially seize and sell between 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil at market rates. Rubio said the proceeds will be controlled by the U.S., not Caracas, and distributed through a mechanism the administration claims will benefit the Venezuelan people rather than the government. He said the process is already underway. ➤ Military force remains an option for the U.S. president.
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🔴 The Plan for Venezuela ➤ Three-phase plan outlined by Secretary of State Rubio and War Secretary Hegseth includes: 1. Stabilization — prevent chaos and control how oil revenue is handled. 2. Recovery — open Venezuela’s oil and market to U.S., Western, and other companies and pursue “national reconciliation,” including amnesty for opposition forces. 3. Transition — effectively, a regime change from the “interim authorities” to another government that the US approves. Rubio says this will ultimately be up to the Venezuelan people. Rubio offered no timeline for elections, but said Venezuelans will decide their future leadership later. ➤ Rubio said Washington has “tremendous control and leverage” over Venezuela’s interim government through the quarantine and sanctions on its oil sector. ➤ U.S. plans to initially seize and sell between 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil at market rates. Rubio said the proceeds will be controlled by the U.S., not Caracas, and distributed through a mechanism the administration claims will benefit the Venezuelan people rather than the government. He said the process is already underway. ➤ Military force remains an option for the U.S. president.

Drop Site

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A recent Grayzone investigation reveals that the U.S. DOJ indictment of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro depends heavily on testimony from a single coerced “star witness” — former Venezuelan general Hugo “Pollo” Carvajal. Carvajal, once head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, cut a secret plea deal to reduce his own sentence with U.S. prosecutors, and is now positioned as a central witness in the U.S. government’s narrative tying Maduro to narco-terrorism. Critics say the indictment relies on his testimony despite clear evidence, including a U.S. intelligence assessment, showing Maduro did not control the Venezuelan gang the DOJ claims he conspired with. This is less a legal case and more a political spectacle built around a witness with a deeply conflicted and compromised record.
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A recent Grayzone investigation reveals that the U.S. DOJ indictment of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro depends heavily on testimony from a single coerced “star witness” — former Venezuelan general Hugo “Pollo” Carvajal. Carvajal, once head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, cut a secret plea deal to reduce his own sentence with U.S. prosecutors, and is now positioned as a central witness in the U.S. government’s narrative tying Maduro to narco-terrorism. Critics say the indictment relies on his testimony despite clear evidence, including a U.S. intelligence assessment, showing Maduro did not control the Venezuelan gang the DOJ claims he conspired with. This is less a legal case and more a political spectacle built around a witness with a deeply conflicted and compromised record.

MintPress News

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