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#RandPaul∶ What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law, should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force?
#MarcoRubio∶ We're always going to act in our national interest
Paul∶ What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do because we have the force.
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
The #US #military said it murdered 2 people in the first known boat strike since the #abduction of Nicolás #Maduro.
#geopolitics #OIL!! #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/boat-strike-pacific.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Gibson’s wife was inside their #Minneapolis home with the couple’s 9-year-old #child during the raid. Prokosch said she was deeply shaken by the “arrest” [home invasion & #abduction].
Gibson, 37, was being held at an #immigration #detention center in Albert Lea after being held at a large camp on the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, #Texas, according to ICE’s detainee locator.
#law #Trump #Constitution #CivilRights #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #StateSponsoredTerrorism
Venezuelan opposition leader & #NobelPeacePrize winner #MaríaCorinaMachado is scheduled to meet with #Trump on Thursday
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/politics/machado-trump-white-house-visit
As the #Trump admin asserts a #NewWorldOrder guided by #military #force & #economic #power — & Trump calls for a massive increase in military spending to confront these “dangerous times” — #US #allies are insisting that global stability depends on following #InternationalLaw.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
Top #Republican lawmakers are firmly backing the #Trump admin’s arrest of Venezuela’s president & assertions of control over the South American nation’s #oil industry, but some #GOP senators are drawing the line on more attacks without the approval of #Congress.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #WarPowers #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
While #Republican lawmakers have been largely “supportive” [whipped] of the admin’s actions, #Democrats on Wednesday reiterated their warnings that the #UnitedStates was headed toward a protracted international intervention without clear #legal authority.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Maduro faces #NewYork court as #UN set to debate legality of #US action
Maduro & his wife were escorted by armed officers at the detention center in Brooklyn shortly after 7AM EST & led to a helicopter, video from WABC showed. The pair were wearing tan prison suits & arrived at the NY federal courthouse shortly before 8AM EST.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
https://www.reuters.com/world/live-updates-venezuelas-maduro-faces-new-york-court-trump-threatens-colombia-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
When #Maduro makes his initial appearance in court on Monday, a judge will likely advise him of the charges against him & ensure he has a defense lawyer.
It could be months or more than a year before Maduro stands trial.
Prosecutors could eventually offer a plea deal to avoid a trial.
#MafiaState #US #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
Following the #Venezuela raid, #Trump has voiced threats toward #Colombia & #Mexico, while resurfacing his desire to control #Greenland
“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine & selling it to the United States, & he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
#imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-trump-maduro-01-04-26?post-id=cmk0gm3dm00103b6qjg1wfaa3
These idiots have no idea what they’re doing
#Rubio says #US won’t govern #Venezuela but will press changes through #oil blockade
##idiocracy #kakistocracy #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News
A lawyer from a lower middle class background, #CiliaFlores began her political rise in the 1990s, becoming close to #HugoChávez — the former president who was #Maduro’s mentor & predecessor — while he was imprisoned after a failed #coup attempt in 1992. She steadily climbed the ranks of Chávez’s socialist movement, known as #chavismo, becoming a central figure in #Venezuela #legislature.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
#CiliaFlores & #Maduro have been partners since at least the late 1990s, when both were lawmakers. They married in 2013, the year he became president. After Chávez’s death, she was widely seen as critical to consolidating & sustaining Maduro’s hold on #power, bringing a loyal #political base & deep institutional #influence.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Though she stopped holding formal government posts after 2013, #CiliaFlores retained immense behind-the-scenes authority. She is often described as a key architect of #Maduro’s political survival.
“Within #chavismo itself, they know the real power that Cilia Flores has, more so than perhaps the general public,” Deniz said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#CiliaFlores is also widely believed to wield decisive #influence over #Venezuela’s #justice system. Many #judges & senior officials are thought to be loyal to her or have been placed through her networks. The #judiciary is considered thoroughly politicized, having failed to issue a single ruling against the state in more than two decades.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Secy of State #MarcoRubio sidestepped questions from ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday about which #LegalAuthority the #US had to conduct its actions in #Venezuela. #Rubio said the US has “court orders” to quarantine Venezuela’s #oil, which he argued would freeze the #economy “until the conditions that are in the national interest of the United States & the interests of the Venezuelan people are met.”
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty
When Stephanopoulos asked whether the #US is running #Venezuela right now, #Rubio pointed to the #oil embargo & said the US will use it as leverage until “the people who have control over the levers of power in that country make changes that are not just in the interest of the people of Venezuela, but are in the interest of the United States.”
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #piracy #InternationalLaw
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3 days in to a new year, and the #War #King has a terrific new plan to avoid serving Americans - or serving time.
#truth #TrumpVirus #democracy #law #dictators #invasion #abduction #oil #Venezuela #Congress #WarPowers
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Robert Reich - on "X"
That one person can drag us into a war without
consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or
fully explaining to the American people why this is
necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that
Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the
hell are they?
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At least 40 people were killed in Saturday’s attack on #Venezuela, including #military personnel & #civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe preliminary reports.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
The abducted Venezuelan president, Nicolás #Maduro, & his wife will be flown in a helicopter to Manhattan, acc/to a law enforcement source briefed on the #security plan to bring the Venezuelan leader to the #US. From there, Maduro will be driven to the US’ #DEA NYC headquarters. Then he will be taken by helicopter to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He is expected to be held there.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
The #UN #Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on Monday morning to discuss #US strikes in #Venezuela. #Russia, #China & #Colombia asked for the meeting after Venezuela’s mission to the UN wrote a letter to the Council president requesting the meeting to condemn & stop US strikes on the country. Secy Gen António Guterres is expected to address the #UNSC Monday. He said in a statement earlier that all sides must uphold #InternationalLaw & the #UNcharter.
Plane carrying captured Venezuelan
President Nicolás #Maduro & his wife, Cilia Flores, has arrived at Stewart Air National Guard Base in NY.
The Venezuelan leader is expected to face drugs & weapons charges in Manhattan federal court next week.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-explosions-caracas-intl-hnk-01-03-26?post-id=cmjypez7q00003b6pw6kzipxk
US AG #PamBondi said #Maduro & his wife would face charges after an indictment in New York. Bondi vowed in a social media post that the couple would “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
#Trump announced the developments on Truth Social shortly after 4:30AM ET & said he would host a news conference at 11AM ET.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump brushed off criticism from US Democratic lawmakers that he did not seek permission from #Congress ahead of time & that the strike was #illegal. He called his Democratic critics “weak, stupid people” & blamed his political opponents for inflation in the US.
He said the operation in #Venezuela was “really genius.”
“All they do is complain,” he said of the #Democrats.
#law #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
“They should say, ‘Great job.’ They shouldn’t say, ‘Oh Gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’ You know, the same old stuff that we’ve been hearing for years & years & years,” #Trump said who very likely has never read the #US #Constitution.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump told FauxNews that #Maduro & his wife were aboard the US warship Iwo Jima & headed to NY, where they will face prosecution.
🚨Trump said in an interview Saturday morning that the #US will be making decisions on what is next for #Venezuela.🚨
“We can’t take a chance in letting somebody else run and just take over what he left, or left off.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Venezuelan ruling party leader Nahum Fernández told The Associated Press that Nicolás #Maduro & his wife were at their home within the Ft. Tiuna military installation when they were captured.
“That’s where they bombed,” he said. “And, there, they carried out what we could call a kidnapping of the president & the first lady of the country.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#EU foreign policy chief #KajaKallas wrote on X that she had spoken with #US Secy of State #MarcoRubio & the EU ambassador in Caracas. “The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr #Maduro lacks legitimacy & has defended a peaceful transition. Under all circumstances, the principles of #InternationalLaw & the #UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.”
Meaningless ⤴︎
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings
#Spain PM #PedroSánchez called for “de-escalation & responsibility. #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UnitedNations Charter must be respected,” Sánchez wrote on X.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#Russia Foreign Ministry said it is “extremely alarmed” & called for “immediate clarification,” acc/to a statement posted Saturday on the ministry’s Telegram channel. The ministry said such actions, if confirmed, would constitute “an unacceptable infringement on the #sovereignty of an #independent #state.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Britain PM #KeirStarmer said the #UK was not involved in the #US operation in #Venezuela and that he would seek more information from #Trump. Without condemning the US action, #Starmer said he always believes that #InternationalLaw should be upheld. “But I think at this stage, fast moving situation, let’s establish the facts & take it from there,” he said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#China strongly condemned the #US strike in #Venezuela & the action against its president, the Foreign Ministry said, adding the Beijing govt was “deeply shocked” & firmly opposed to the operation.
“Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate #InternationalLaw & Venezuela’s #sovereignty & threaten #peace & #security in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean region,” it said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#China called on the #US to comply with #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UN Charter, urging it to stop violating the #sovereignty & #security of other nations.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#US #DOJ released a new #indictment of #Maduro & wife
Maduro & other #Venezuela ofcls were indicted in 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges. The DOJ released a new indictment Saturday of Maduro & his wife for alleged role in #narcoterrorism #conspiracy.
#PamBondi said Maduro & his wife, Cilia Flores, would “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
The #MaduroIndictment [for which the #US has no authority]
The #indictment accuses #Maduro of leading a “a corrupt, illegitimate government that, for decades, has leveraged government power to protect & promote illegal activity, including drug trafficking.” #DOJ alleges that the drug trafficking efforts “enriched & entrenched Venezuela’s political & military elite.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#US #DOJ alleges that #Maduro partnered with “some of the most violent & prolific drug traffickers & narco-terrorists in the world” to bring “tons” of cocaine into the US, acc/to the #indictment.
The DOJ estimates that as much as 250 tons of cocaine were trafficked through #Venezuela by 2020 [start date?], acc/to the indictment.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #MaduroIndictment #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
The #Venezuela mission to the #UN has requested an emergency #Security Council [#UNSC] meeting & has asked the Council to condemn the #US military strikes against the country.
Venezuela’s ambassador, Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, said in a letter to the UNSC president: “The United States of America always uses lies to fabricate wars. It is an international #tyranny imposed with the #propaganda of death: the recent past confirms this.”
#MaríaCorinaMachado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, posted a statement calling for national unity following the capture of Nicolás #Maduro.
“Given his refusal to accept a negotiated exit, the government of the United States has fulfilled its promise to enforce the law,” she wrote. “We have struggled for years, we have given it our all, & it has been worth it. What had to happen is happening.”
Her support is unsurprising.
#law #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #InternationalLaw
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María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, posted a statement on social media, calling for national unity following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. (Text exceeds alt character limit)
#Machado added that #EdmundoGonzález, who the #US has recognized as Venezuela’s President-elect, must “immediately” take office & be recognized as the country’s commander of the armed forces.
“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate & take power,” Machado said. “We are going to restore order, release the political prisoners, build an exceptional country, & bring our children back home.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
Sick
#Trump posted a photo on social media showing #Maduro wearing a sweatsuit & a blindfold with the caption: “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.”
Maduro appeared to be wearing a flotation device around his neck. Next to him was someone wearing a jacket that had a DEA logo.
Maduro also had protective headphones on his ears & appeared to be lifting a water bottle with both arms to drink
#law #Congress #WarPowers #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
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Trump posted a photo on social media showing Maduro wearing a sweatsuit and a blindfold with the caption: “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.” Maduro appeared to be wearing a flotation device around his neck. Next to him was someone wearing a jacket that had a DEA logo. Maduro also had protective headphones on his ears and appeared to be lifting a water bottle with both arms to drink
This picture violates #InternationalLaw. It is illegal to use pictures of prisoners for #propaganda.
#GenevaConventions #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes
“We are going to run the country,” #Trump said of #Venezuela. He said he did not want the #Maduro regime to continue with another leader.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump put no time limit on the #US #occupation. It would be up to the #UnitedStates to decide when to return the country to Venezulan control. And then he turned to #oil, saying that US companies would fix the infrastructure, “& start making money for the country.” [doubt any will go to Venezuelans]
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump referred to a “partnership” between #Venezuela & the #UnitedStates, which he said would make Venezuelans “rich, independent & safe.” Of course, this was a partnership accomplished by a #GovernmentOverthrow.
BTWs Trump’s asides about #DC, #NOLA, & #LA are total bullshit. No murder in NOLA & DC since his illegal intervention? Flat out lies.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Now he’s back to insane asylums sending mental patients to the #US.
The man does not know the difference between “seeking asylum” & an “insane asylum”. #Trump is such a fucking moron.
#law #immigration #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump has offered NO details about what the #US running #Venezuela looks like. Will there be an US official there in a leadership position?
As he justifies the #military operation, Trump argued that #Maduro sent members of Tren de Aragua to the US to terrorize the US. Trump’s own #intelligence community earlier this year debunked that claim, finding that the gang was not controlled by the Venezuelan govt.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
When asked how much running #Venezuela, potentially for years, will cost, #Trump said: “It won’t cost us anything.”
His claim that the #US won’t have to spend any money because it will be “reimbursed” by the #oil the US will take “out of the ground” is a total fantasy.
This will cost the US billions.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
The news conference is over. Despite multiple questions about how #Venezuela will be run, no details were provided.
#Trump repeatedly said “we’re gonna do” this & “we’re gonna do” that, but never gave info about HOW.
There were vague allusions to #MarcoRubio & Pete #Hegseth & a “group” but no specifics.
This is nuts.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump also completely dismissed the idea of working with opposition leader & #NobelPeacePrize winner #MaríaCorinaMachado who actually won the last presidential #election in #Venezuela. Instead he said #MarcoRubio was in contact with Maduro’s VP #DelcyRodríguez. If this was even slightly about #Maduro being an illegitimate president, Rodríguez would also be illegitimate. This is so transparently about #oil it’s ridiculous.
#law #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
#Trump spoke more about #oil than anything else. I don’t think I even heard him mention #democracy a single time. He vowed to fix #Venezuela’s oil infrastructure & said the #US plans to sell it to other countries [again, how is this legal?].
“We’re in the oil business. We’re going to sell it to them,” Trump said. he said oil companies will pay for the rebuilding of Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, & the wealth will pour in.
#law #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy
Conflicting reports
Um… The VP of #Venezuela #DelcyRodriguez is currently in #Russia, 4 sources familiar with her movements said Saturday, after #Trump said #Maduro had been seized by US forces after an attack on the country & US Secy of #State #MarcoRubio was in contact with her & that she had been sworn in to the presidency.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-vice-president-rodriguez-russia-four-sources-say-2026-01-03/
Conflicting reports.
#Rodríguez addresses the nation [apparently in #Venezuela]
In a televised address to the nation that lasted less than 15 minutes, #DelcyRodríguez demanded the #US free #Maduro & calls him the country’s rightful leader, but left open the door for dialogue with the US.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/trump-us-venezuela-updates-01-03-2026#0000019b-8547-d3eb-adff-f7df5a480000
#Venezuela VP #DelcyRodríguez, speaking on state television in Spanish, reiterated calls for the release of #Maduro & his wife.
She called for calm & unity to defend the country amid Maduro's "kidnapping" & said Venezuela will never be the #colony of any nation.
Rodríguez spoke from #Caracas with her brother, national assembly head Jorge Rodríguez, interior minister Diosdado Cabello & the foreign & defense ministers.
#law #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-trump-says-us-has-captured-venezuela-president-maduro-2026-01-03/
#DelcyRodríguez was defiant as she spoke on live television. “If there is one thing that the Venezuelan people & this country are clear about,” she said, “it is that we will never again be slaves, that we will never again be a colony of any empire, whatever its nature.”
“There is only one president in this country, & his name is Nicolás #Maduro Moros,” Rodríguez said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
#DelcyRodríguez, spoke flanked by powerful military officials & other key government leaders as she denounced the #UnitedStates’ actions. As she introduced each figure on live television, they nodded toward her in a show of deference as she demanded that #Maduro was the rightful president of #Venezuela. The display of force & unity undermined President Trump’s earlier comments that Washington would work with Rodríguez to run Venezuela.
#DelcyRodríguez added that #Venezuela was open to having a respectful relationship with the #Trump admin, but only within the framework of international & Venezuelan #law. “That is the only type of relationship I will accept, after they have attacked & militarily assaulted our beloved nation,” she said.
#Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#DelcyRodríguez was sworn in as #Venezuela’s new president Saturday, but she repeatedly said that #Maduro was Venezuela’s “only president” & even the text on Venezuelan state TV labeled her as vice president. When she ended, the state broadcaster immediately said that Rodríguez was the VP who had just made clear that Maduro was Venezuela’s president.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria rescued, president says http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPT9xh #Nigeria #Kebbi #Abduction #Africanews #Rescue