The US Department of State has demanded that Honduras’ National Electoral Council immediately begin a manual count of ballots from last month’s presidential election, which has been stalled by protests and wrangling over alleged fraud
6 hour agoChinese Foreign Ministry: We support Venezuela's request for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council
Maduro speaks by phone with the UN chief after escalating US threats and blockade announced by Trump
11 hour agoTrump: Drugs brought in by ocean and by sea are now down 94%
11 hour agoSouthcom: On Dec. 17, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.
13 hour agoVenezuelan President Maduro is calling for a "perfect union" with the Colombian military in defense of his country's sovereignty, a move that comes amid the US deployment in Caribbean waters under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. Maduro denounces a "warmongering and colonialist agenda" by the country governed by Donald Trump, who ordered a total blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers. Despite this, the Chavista leader stated that "trade back and forth" of Venezuelan oil will continue.
Venezuela on Wednesday requested that the United Nations Security Council meet to discuss "ongoing U.S. aggression" against the country, according to a letter to the 15-member body seen by Reuters. A U.N. diplomat said a meeting would likely be scheduled for Tuesday
16 hour ago.@POTUS on the Naval blockade on Venezuela: "We're not gonna let anybody going through that shouldn't be going through. They took all of our energy rights—they took all of our oil from not that long ago. they illegally took it
16 hour agoTrump on Venezuela: We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. As you know. They threw our companies out and we want it back
Trump: Venezuela took our oil and we want it back after they expelled our companies.
US military aircraft maintain patrols off the Venezuelan coast for the second consecutive day
Trinidad and Tobago asserts that it is not involved in the US blockade of Venezuela.
17 hour agoFollowing Trump's threat of a total embargo on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, Venezuela sent naval escorts to protect ships leaving its ports. The United States is aware of the escorts and is considering options, but has not said what it will do next. Maduro maintains that exports will continue "at any price."
Supreme Court of Justice condemns Trump's blockade announcement as an "attack on sovereignty".
Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, says oil exports are continuing as normal following US President Trump's announcement of a blockade on Venezuelan tankers.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López affirms that the Venezuelan Armed Forces will preserve the country's territorial integrity "at all costs".
A spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry announced that the country's government attaches importance to preventing the escalation of the crisis in Venezuela and the region.
1 day agoToday, major flooding following heavy rainfall in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Venezuelan President Maduro proposed organizing protest actions against US "piracy" in various ports around the world.
Colombia says ELN rebels killed 2 police officers as group protests US military buildup
The United States is imposing a blockade on sanctioned and threatened tankers bound for or leaving Venezuela - @realDonaldTrump
1 day agoCaribbean Sea: Several @USNavy assets up; with 5x F/A-18s and an E-2 showing
Gustavo Petro reiterates criticism of Kast and calls him a "Nazi", despite protest note sent by the Government
1 day agoWhite House: President Donald J. Trump's address to the Nation tomorrow night at 9 pm EST
The president of Honduras denounces a "coup" against government following the release of Juan Orlando Hernández. She calls on the population to join the protests in the capital, Tegucigalpa.
2 day agoSouth Command: On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking. A total of eight male narco-militants were killed during these actions—three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third
Small plane carrying 10 people crashes into building in Toluca, west of Mexico City. killing everyone on board
Small plane crashes in San Pedro Totoltepec, Mexico, sparking a fire. No word on casualties
2 day agoMaduro government breaks gas agreements with Trinidad. The Maduro government announced the immediate cancellation of any agreement to supply natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago, amid tensions over the US military deployment in the Caribbean. The announcement was made by Delcy Rodríguez, the government's vice president, after accusing Trinidad and Tobago of involvement in the alleged theft of Venezuelan oil, following the seizure of a PDVSA crude oil tanker sailing under a false flag.
The government of @GabrielBoric sent a protest note to @petrogustavo rejecting his insults against the president-elect of Chile, @joseantoniokast
