Venezuela Oil: US Declares War on 'Narco-Terrorism'

[Alma.Innovadora]

This is also happening on other platforms. Things are deliberately misleading and they are sometimes posted by people in authority who don't know that something is fake.

Yes, totally. But here even propaganda should not be discarded so quickly.

Do you know the case of Tareck El Aissami and Simon Zerpa? These guys have been working quietly with the EEUU for a long time now.. There were many years where they said that everything related to their corruption and embezzlement of funds was a lie, that everything was propaganda. All the officials knew that this guy was doing something very wrong until many years passed and they were able to capture him and besides important people in the state banking were involved.

No one could believe that this guy could be so corrupt, until the opposite was proven. Many times a propaganda here does nothing more than help to keep present a truth that has been hidden for a long time.

If you know the characters, there is no false knowledge that you believe but if you know the characters and you start to find their actions in various economic fields, propaganda after all contains some truth and would not be exactly the typical propaganda of inventing improbable things.

And here it's a great classic that it takes a long time before everything falls under its own weight and then "oh, after all it was true".

He and many others had the typical behavior of taking care to be discovered. His teams were very closed-minded and ignorant of his true actions.

Many had to bite their tongues after defending him and saying that everything was just "Propaganda".

I can tell you with base, just don't dismiss everything so quickly, even if it is ai nowadays. Rather investigate in the trunk of the collected rumors that there is always something to connect with time, always.

If there is also something very disappointing about this government, it is that in order to take care of their image of "impeccability", they turned a blind eye to many corrupt people. Simply that it was not officially admitted and just because of that, people maintained that it was a lie because the argument was "The government has not said anything, and if the government hasn't said anything, it's because it's a lie".

I know of a case that was not televised, it was only experienced by those of us who were there to experience it and silence was maintained to avoid once again, "revolutionary division". The former governor of the state of Sucre, Edwin Rojas.

Gobierno detiene a exgobernador Edwin Rojas por trama de corrupción – Correo del Caroní

Hasta el momento las autoridades venezolanas no han dado detalles sobre el arresto de Rojas, quien gobernó Sucre desde 2016, tras asumir en calidad de encargado en sustitución de Luis Acuña.

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According to AFP news agencies, some of these imprisoned officials are also involved in a prostitution ring at the service of politicians and businessmen. A source, whose identity was not revealed, told AFP that deputy Hugbel Roa had as his ”figurehead" businessman Alejandro Arroyo, "owner of a mansion in the Country Club (an exclusive urbanization in Caracas), an immense fleet of vans and football teams.”

"And the serious thing is that he ran a prostitution ring at the service of this group where they recruited young girls to serve as escort ladies,” the informant stressed, who added that Arroyo, in turn, had a “partnership with former Governor Edwin Rojas.”

I had the opportunity to work on a miniseries that was linked to the governance of this subject. My work offered me the opportunity to know about the experience of people affected by subjects like this and I saw it for myself. The soldiers he was surrounded by, the team that made him up, his actions... everything gave off an unmistakable smell of "bad roads".

Years later, captured.

No one needed the AFP or anyone, to know what this guy did and with everything and that, he managed to be governor.

As for the prostitutes, no way. There is a case of a president from another state in the country who spent money on buying only better trucks and hiring only young women for his trusted team.

Now there is trash under the carpet. There are some things that don't need to be official when you know who's who here, as they say "I know my cattle".

 

[Alma.Innovadora]

Delcy Rodríguez removes Colombian businessman Alex Saab, an ally of Maduro, from Venezuela's cabinet

https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/01/16/venezuela/delcy-rodriguez-quita-gabinete-alex-saab-efe

He made the announcement on his Telegram account, where he expressed his gratitude to Saab for “his work at the service of the Fatherland” and assured that “he will assume new responsibilities.”

Villegas was already serving as Minister of National Commerce since his appointment, by Maduro, in February 2024.

Saab, for its part, had been appointed by Maduro to head the Ministry of Industries and National Production in October 2024. Before his appointment, he served as president of the International Productive Investment Center of Venezuela.

The businessman, born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and of Lebanese origin, was arrested in Cape Verde in 2020 and subsequently extradited to the United States, where the Justice accused him of conspiracy to launder money and of being a “figurehead” of the Venezuelan government.

For this case, he was imprisoned in the United States from October 2021 to December 2023, following a presidential pardon signed by the then US President, Joe Biden (2021-2025).

In March 2024, the American justice dismissed the charges against Saab.

During his detention, his wife, the Italian Camilla Fabri, became the image of the campaign for his release launched by the Maduro government. Currently, Fabri heads the Vuelta a la Patria Mission, the state program that manages the repatriations of Venezuelan migrants.

After Maduro's capture, his son says Venezuela "must have relations" and embassy in the US

Tras captura de Maduro, su hijo dice que Venezuela “debe tener relaciones” y embajada en EEUU

La declaración representa un giro sobre la posición del chavismo respecto a EEUU; Maduro Guerra indicó que Caracas podría tener relaciones con otros países con ideas contrarias

www.diariolasamericas.com

"Venezuela has to have relations with everyone (...) I think we should have relations with the United States, an embassy, as with China, as with Russia, because it is our self-determination," Maduro Guerra said at a Meeting of the Network of Jurists in Caracas, broadcast by the state-run Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) channel.

In what represents a shift on the position of Chavismo with respect to the United States, Maduro Guerra indicated that Caracas could have relations with other countries with contrary ideas, such as, he referred to, Israel and Iran.

In his opinion, if there are differences with other countries, they should be treated "from the policy framework".

"Venezuela must move towards being a country of peace, with commercial relations with the whole world," the Chavista deputy said.

Of course! especially like Israel and Iran.

 

[SOTTREADER]

There's a few stories about the US special forces having deployed some sonic boom type weapons during the kidnap mission of Maduro...

Is this propaganda or is this now the new reality where they can incapacitate people using such weapons in such a high risk life/death environment?

 

[Sindy-S.R]

Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro / October 16, 2025 11:01 AM​

A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime, according to people with direct knowledge of the talks.

The proposals, funneled through intermediaries in Qatar, sought to persuade sectors of the U.S. government that a “Madurismo without Maduro” could enable a peaceful transition in Venezuela—preserving political stability without dismantling the ruling apparatus. According to the sources, Qatari mediators presented to the U.S. two formal proposals this year, one in April and another in September. Both outlined potential governing mechanisms without Maduro in power. In those scenarios, Delcy Rodríguez would serve as the institutional continuity figure, while retired Gen. Miguel Rodríguez Torres, who is currently in exile and is not related to the Rodriguez siblings, would head a transitional government.
The central argument, the sources said, was that the Rodríguez siblings represent a “more palatable” version of so-called chavismo — the socialist ideology named for deceased leader Hugo Chávez — for Washington, since neither has been indicted on narcotrafficking charges by U.S. courts. However, former regime officials— whose accounts have been used by U.S. prosecutors in cases linked to the so-called Cartel of the Suns—have implicated both siblings in logistical support and money laundering operations. Sources told the Miami Herald the offers though Qatar were made with Maduro’s approval.

Delcy Rodríguez met in Doha with CIA agents and the Russian Foreign Minister​

The official meetings took place in Qatari government buildings between September and Christmas.​

Salvador Sostres

11/01/2026
Updated 12/01/2026 at 04:49h.

Since last September, Delcy Rodríguez, then Vice President of Venezuela and now President, held several meetings at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, Qatar, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; with Russian businessman and government official Igor Sechin, CEO of the energy company Rosneft; and with CIA agents whose names are unknown not only abroad but also in the United States. Both Lavrov and Rodríguez always use their real names when booking their accommodations. Sechin, on the other hand, always uses a different name

Please excuse what is written here and posted by @Liliea on October 17, 2025, and happened in September, isn't this exactly what is happening now in Venezuela and its political “transition”?...

 

[mabar]

Please excuse what is written here and posted by @Liliea on October 17, 2025, and happened in September, isn't this exactly what is happening now in Venezuela and its political “transition”?...

Certainly its what is look like.
What will happend to Corina Machado? What is the purpose of the circus to give the Nobel Price to Trump? Did she gave also the monetary price? Or just the medal? And for what exchange?

 

[irjO]

Please excuse what is written here and posted by @Liliea on October 17, 2025, and happened in September, isn't this exactly what is happening now in Venezuela and its political “transition”?...

Interesting enough, the author of that article seems that took it down.

What will happend to Corina Machado? What is the purpose of the circus to give the Nobel Price to Trump? Did she gave also the monetary price? Or just the medal? And for what exchange?

Power? That’s the only ambition of that woman. Also, to make her face to be known more since obviously such acts would make a lot of news.

 

[Sindy-S.R]

Before they delete this news from Reuters, I copy it here in its entirety.

Reuters: Exclusive: US talks with hardline Venezuelan minister Cabello began months before raid​

By Erin Banco, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick
January 17, 2026
Summary

• Communication with Diosdado Cabello has continued post-raid
• US warned him not to target opposition
• Talks also touched on sanctions, indictment he faces

NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials had been in discussions with Venezuela's hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. operation to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
The officials warned Cabello, 62, against using the security services or militant ruling-party supporters he oversees to target the country's opposition, four sources said. That security apparatus, which includes the intelligence services, police and the armed forces, remains largely intact after the January 3 U.S. raid.

Cabello is named in the same U.S. drug-trafficking indictment that the Trump administration used as justification to arrest Maduro, but was not taken as part of the operation.
The communication with Cabello, which has also touched on sanctions the U.S. has imposed on him and the indictment he faces, dates back to the early days of the current Trump administration and continued in the weeks just prior to the U.S. ouster of Maduro, two sources familiar with the discussions said. The administration has also been in touch with Cabello since Maduro's ouster, four of the people said.
The communications, which have not been previously reported, are critical to the Trump administration's efforts to control the situation inside Venezuela. If Cabello decides to unleash the forces that he controls, it could foment the kind of chaos that Trump wants to avoid and threaten interim President Delcy Rodriguez's grip on power, according to a source briefed on U.S. concerns.

It is not clear if the Trump administration's discussions with Cabello extended to questions about the future governance of Venezuela. Also unclear is whether Cabello has heeded the U.S. warnings. He has publicly pledged unity with Rodriguez, whom Trump has so far praised.
While Rodriguez has been seen by the U.S. as the linchpin for U.S. President Donald Trump's strategy for post-Maduro Venezuela, Cabello is widely believed to have the power to keep those plans on track or upend them.
The Venezuelan minister has been in contact with the Trump administration both directly and via intermediaries, one person familiar with the conversations said.
All of the sources were granted anonymity to speak freely about sensitive internal government communications with Cabello.
The White House and the government of Venezuela did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

CABELLO HAS BEEN MADURO LOYALIST​

Cabello has long been seen as Venezuela's second most powerful figure. A close aide of late former President Hugo Chavez, Maduro's mentor, he went on to become a long-time Maduro loyalist, feared as his main enforcer of repression. Rodriguez and Cabello have both operated at the heart of the government, legislature and ruling socialist party for years, but have never been considered close allies of each other.
A former military officer, Cabello has exerted influence over the country's military and civilian counterintelligence agencies, which conduct widespread domestic espionage. He has also been closely associated with pro-government militias, notably the colectivos, groups of motorcycle-riding armed civilians who have been deployed to attack protesters.
Cabello is one of a handful of Maduro loyalists Washington has relied on as temporary rulers to maintain stability while it accesses the OPEC nation's oil reserves during an unspecified transition period.

But U.S. officials are concerned that Cabello - given his record of repression and a history of rivalry with Rodriguez - could play the spoiler, according to a source briefed on the administration's thinking.
Rodriguez has been working to consolidate her own power, installing loyalists in key positions to protect herself from internal threats while meeting U.S. demands to boost oil production, Reuters interviews with sources in Venezuela have shown.

Elliott Abrams, who served as Trump's special representative on Venezuela in his first term, said many Venezuelans would expect Cabello to be removed at some point if a democratic transition is to advance.
"If and when he goes, Venezuelans will know that the regime has really begun to change," said Abrams, now at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.

US SANCTIONS AND INDICTMENT​

Cabello has long been under U.S. sanctions for alleged drug trafficking.
In 2020, the U.S. issued a $10 million bounty for Cabello and indicted him as a key figure in the "Cartel de los Soles," a group the U.S. has said is a Venezuelan drug-trafficking network led by members of the country's government.
The U.S. has since raised the award to $25 million. Cabello has publicly denied any links to drug trafficking.
In the hours after Maduro's ouster, some analysts and politicians in Washington questioned why the U.S. didn't also grab Cabello - listed second in the Department of Justice indictment of Maduro.
"I know that just Diosdado is probably worse than Maduro and worse than Delcy," Republican U.S. Representative Maria Elvira Salazar said in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation" on January 11.
In the days following, Cabello denounced American intervention in the country, saying in a speech that "Venezuela will not surrender."
But media reports of residents being searched at checkpoints - sometimes by uniformed members of the security forces and sometimes by people in plain clothes - have become less frequent in recent days.
And both Trump and the Venezuelan government have said many detainees who are considered by the opposition and rights groups to be political prisoners will be released.
The government has said that Cabello, in his role as interior minister, is overseeing that effort. Rights groups say the liberations are proceeding extremely slowly and hundreds remain unjustly detained.
Reporting by Erin Banco in New York, Sarah Kinosian in Miami and Matt Spetalnick in Washington. Editing by Don Durfee and Rosalba O'Brien

 

[Alma.Innovadora]

Things are deliberately misleading and they are sometimes posted by people in authority who don't know that something is fake.

Look! speaking about propaganda too, this is exactly what has me thinking lately about Diosdado Cabello.

Since the EE.UU operation happened, the first thing the propaganda machine did was to show Diosdado as a traitor. It is only until now, after Maria Corina spoke with Trump, that the news conveniently appears that supposedly Diosdado Cabello is practically a EE.UU accomplice about the kidnapping of Maduro.

This seems to me the necessary propaganda to till the terrain and capture Diosdado Cabello only after a false flag attack towards the opposition or as I have been suspecting, towards Maria Corina or the EE.UU embassy.They have been saying for a while now only "Venezuela is not a safe place yet because of armed groups, the collectives of Diosdado Cabello."

This looks like the chronicles of another announced attack. And the US has not canceled the capture of Diosdado Cabello even if he is collaborating with Delcy, EE.UU ordered Diosdado Cabello to collaborate with Delcy or he would suffer the same fate or worse than Maduro. They didn't say "help Delcy in exchange for letting you go free."

By the way, @irjO once commented on the possibility that the EE.UU itself would get Maria Corina out of the way and now the ground is very easy to do it. The truth is even more so when Maria Corina becomes a pain in the ass, annoying Trump with her stupid award and lowering herself for convenience to get her reward.

It's just anticipation, assumption but it's certainly not bad ground at all to eliminate two birds with one stone. They have the victim and the vengeful, radical left-wing lone wolf and traitor that no one will miss. The narrative is very striking.

And with how unleashed Trump is, who seems to be having a critical point of contraction in which he drags his black hole into the world, it doesn't seem far-fetched to me next to everything unusual that he is already doing.

Trump already has control of the oil, there is no need for Maria Corina to offer it to him. The only thing that makes it "impossible" to eliminate Maria Corina is that there are no more politicians on the scene.

That's the biggest uncertainty, who will be the new owner of this circus once the terrain is free of obstacles.

Unless they send Mamdani (laughs).

The US held talks with the ’number two' of Chavismo months before the fall of Maduro

Últimas noticias de Venezuela, en directo | EE UU mantuvo conversaciones con el ‘número dos’ del chavismo meses antes de la caída de Maduro

Los contactos entre la Administración Trump y Diosdado Cabello continuaron después de la detención del expresidente, según Reuters | Los funcionarios pidieron al ministro del Interior venezolano que no usara a los servicios de seguridad para atacar a la oposición | Washington y Caracas avanzan...

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The US held talks with the ’number two' of Chavismo months before the overthrow of Maduro

Trump administration officials held talks with Venezuelan Interior Minister and Chavismo's number two, Diosdado Cabello, months before the U.S. operation to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him ever since, Reuters news agency reported on Saturday, citing several people familiar with the matter.

The officials demanded that Cabello not use the security services or his party militants to attack the country's opposition, according to four sources.

Cabello is also mentioned in the U.S. drug trafficking indictment that the Trump administration used as a justification for arresting Maduro, but he was not detained as part of the operation.

The communication with Cabello, who has also addressed the sanctions that the United States has imposed on him and the accusation he is facing, dates back to the early days of the current Trump administration and continued in the weeks leading up to the removal of Maduro by the United States, according to two sources familiar with the conversations. The contact also continued after Maduro's ouster, according to the anonymous sources cited by Reuters. (Reuters)

There's a few stories about the US special forces having deployed some sonic boom type weapons during the kidnap mission of Maduro

A relative told me that there was certainly a very strange sound, it was not from an airplane or a helicopter. It was a noise that was "emitted" and from the description he gave me, the closest thing is "waves".

But this that I mention is something apart from the narrative about the use of advanced weapons.

I think he just confused the noise of the planes because when they fly over high, the sound is as if it "expands" in all directions disorienting the person about the true position of the plane and according to its construction, obviously the sound is very different from what has been heard of the Venezuelan planes which are very characteristic once one learns to recognize them, just like when the Sukhoi planes were incorporated which is also different.

It's one thing to listen to an EE.UU plane on TV and a very different one having it over your head so it's normal for a person who can't compare those things and be surprised to hear something new.

Simply put, he heard only one new "Engine". Besides that there was only "One" playing at the same time and that was interpreted by some as a "strange noise".

But! it is no secret that the EE.UU tested new and advanced weaponry during the Invasion of Panama. But it's one thing to "new weapons" and another thing to interpret it as "alien weapons" to give more sensationalism and exceptionalism to the EE.UU, something that his followers love and more nowadays with the visualizations on social networks.

That they had advanced weapons is obvious. Investigate about the armament that the Venezuelan militia, that's a wooden stick compared to EE.UU guns.