Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026

[nhmemorymaker]

He called the strike a “targeted law enforcement action” against an “indicted criminal.”

“Let me be clear, the U.S. did not invade Venezuela,” Rizzuto said. “President Trump offered Maduro multiple offramps. This was not an interference in democracy…it actually removed the obstacle to it.”

He said the U.S. wants a better and democratic future for Venezuela.

Cuba Releases Details of 32 Officers Killed in US Strike on Venezuela as US Defends Attack | Military.com

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“You cannot continue to have the largest oil reserves in the world under the control of adversaries of the Western Hemisphere while the people of Venezuela have no electricity, substandard quality of life, and its profits don’t benefit the people in Venezuela,” Rizzuto said. “The profits are stolen by a handful of oligarchs around the world, including those inside of Venezuela.”

I am really really confused. How did Cuba get so intimately involved with this story?
I have much much to try to learn today.

 

[LAborn]

"Trump does a lot of childish things, but he wasn’t really bothered to the point of launching air strikes by Maduro imitating his dancing. Right?

Wrong. Trump himself seemed to confirm this report on Tuesday when he mentioned Maduro’s dancing in the same breath as his brutal opposition of Venezuelans during the annual gathering of House Republicans.

“He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance a little bit, but he’s a violent guy,” Trump said onstage at the (possibly) renamed Trump-Kennedy Center."

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-upset-maduro-and-melania-dont-respect-his-dancing.html

Trump video clip:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008561232161447937

 

[LAborn]

That's like saying when the playground bully finally gets busted, him turning around and beating up the kids who celebrated it, is perfectly normal.

My heart goes out to the actual victims, the Venezuelan people. No one should have to live like this.

Yes, no country should be subjected to their president being kidnapped, an invasion by military force, an occupation and natural resources being stolen. No country or peoples. JMO

 

[Inthedetails]

I am really really confused. How did Cuba get so intimately involved with this story?
I have much much to try to learn today.

Cuba and China have a long-time relationship and many of the people killed in the Venezula military/law enforcement action to arrest Maduro and wife were Cuban.

I also have a lot to learn and am ready to do so.

jmo

 

[MollyHarps]

People in years to come are going to look back on this presidency and think what were the American people thinking. I am from the UK so don’t follow American politics as closely as some of you but literally everyday on the news I can’t believe what I am seeing.

The USA is acting like a rogue nation it is going to take decades to repair their reputation across the world.

It says something when I believe currently the most trusted of the super powers is China.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I am really really confused. How did Cuba get so intimately involved with this story?
I have much much to try to learn today.

Cuba has been sending military and other personnel to other socialist regimes for decades. They had a huge involvement in the civil war in Angola in the 1970s and 1980s for a start.

 

[Elley Mae]

The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.

The uniformed personnel belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, Cuba’s two main security agencies. The publication did not specify their missions or exactly how they died.

Cuba releases details of 32 officers killed in strike on Venezuela as U.S. defends attack

Among the deceased are colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains, as well as some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60.

www.latimes.com

 

[Tutter]

This is all my opinion…

I’m currently on a trip in south Florida, and watching the LOCAL news and seeing things around town, there are many happy people here!

Maybe a lot are the ones who fled Venezuela? It’s really interesting to me to see this disparity between what ‘they’ tell us, or allow to be seen and what else is also happening….

 

[LAborn]

Cuba and China have a long-time relationship and many of the people killed in the Venezula military/law enforcement action to arrest Maduro and wife were Cuban.

I also have a lot to learn and am ready to do so.

jmo

Cuba and Venezuela have a close relationship in part because Venezuela has supplied necessary oil to Cuba. Under Maduro, the amount sent was reduced/not adequate, but Trump's actions are two fold, take over oil in Venezuela and break Cuba.

"The Trump administration has warned outright that toppling Maduro will help advance another decades-long goal: Dealing a blow to the Cuban government. Severing Cuba from Venezuela could have disastrous consequences for its leaders, who on Saturday called for the international community to stand up to "state terrorism."

On Saturday, Trump said the ailing Cuban economy will be further battered by Maduro's ouster.

"It's going down," Trump said of Cuba. "It's going down for the count."

Cuba, reliant on Venezuelan oil and support, faces uncertain future after U.S. removes Maduro

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, the island nation's closest ally, as residents here wonder what the capture of President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. The two...

www.pbs.org

 

[Elley Mae]

This is all my opinion…

I’m currently on a trip in south Florida, and watching the LOCAL news and seeing things around town, there are many happy people here!

Maybe a lot are the ones who fled Venezuela? It’s really interesting to me to see this disparity between what ‘they’ tell us, or allow to be seen and what else is also happening….

Everything I have read is what you are seeing and hearing except for the Venezuelans in venezuela. I think they are afraid at this time to go against the ones in control for fear of being thrown in jail or killed.

Jmo

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[LAborn]

This is all my opinion…

I’m currently on a trip in south Florida, and watching the LOCAL news and seeing things around town, there are many happy people here!

Maybe a lot are the ones who fled Venezuela? It’s really interesting to me to see this disparity between what ‘they’ tell us, or allow to be seen and what else is also happening….

The Trump administration "told us" what they did. Are they lying about it?

 

[otto]

The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.

The uniformed personnel belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, Cuba’s two main security agencies. The publication did not specify their missions or exactly how they died.

Cuba releases details of 32 officers killed in strike on Venezuela as U.S. defends attack

Among the deceased are colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains, as well as some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60.

www.latimes.com

... same link ...

Such convoluted information coming from the US government! Because the messaging is contradictory, it should be understood that the real objective remains hidden.

One message is that other countries cannot have untapped resources, where profits from those untapped resources do not benefit locals. The contradictory message is that the US government has the right to kidnap a foreign leader in order to seize control of those untapped resources for personal profit.

Why would any country have the right to force natural resource extraction in a foreign country, and is the outcome of that force to benefit locals, or to benefit the country exerting force?

“Let me be clear, the U.S. did not invade Venezuela,” Rizzuto said the U.S. wants a better and democratic future for Venezuela.

“You cannot continue to have the largest oil reserves in the world under the control of adversaries of the Western Hemisphere while the people of Venezuela have no electricity, substandard quality of life, and its profits don’t benefit the people in Venezuela,” Rizzuto said.”

Cuba releases details of 32 officers killed in strike on Venezuela as U.S. defends attack

Among the deceased are colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains, as well as some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60.

www.latimes.com

~ in my humble opinion ~​

 

[Elley Mae]

US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean

The U.S. has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday.

abc30.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Cuba has been sending military and other personnel to other socialist regimes for decades. They had a huge involvement in the civil war in Angola in the 1970s and 1980s for a start.

i do know this....
But were there this many high ranking Cubans right in Caracas with the Venezuelen government right NOW?

 

[nhmemorymaker]

People in years to come are going to look back on this presidency and think what were the American people thinking. I am from the UK so don’t follow American politics as closely as some of you but literally everyday on the news I can’t believe what I am seeing.

The USA is acting like a rogue nation it is going to take decades to repair their reputation across the world.

It says something when I believe currently the most trusted of the super powers is China.

wow.

 

[Inthedetails]

Cuba and Venezuela have a close relationship in part because Venezuela has supplied necessary oil to Cuba. Under Maduro, the amount sent was reduced/not adequate, but Trump's actions are two fold, take over oil in Venezuela and break Cuba.

"The Trump administration has warned outright that toppling Maduro will help advance another decades-long goal: Dealing a blow to the Cuban government. Severing Cuba from Venezuela could have disastrous consequences for its leaders, who on Saturday called for the international community to stand up to "state terrorism."

On Saturday, Trump said the ailing Cuban economy will be further battered by Maduro's ouster.

"It's going down," Trump said of Cuba. "It's going down for the count."

Cuba, reliant on Venezuelan oil and support, faces uncertain future after U.S. removes Maduro

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, the island nation's closest ally, as residents here wonder what the capture of President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. The two...

www.pbs.org

Yes, and there is a China connection too, with both Cuba and Venezuela.

jmopinion

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Great job, dear US. You just managed to get a mass support of Venezuelans for the regime. Great job and remember, that's just the beginning.

Sonetimes I wonder if we aren't witnessing the final days of the US...

I sure hope not, but aside from perhaps the mid 1800's, certainly the darkest

 

[Elley Mae]

The two governments are so close that Cuban soldiers and security agents were often the Venezuelan president's bodyguards, and Venezuela's petroleum has kept the economically ailing island limping along for years. Cuban authorities over the weekend said the 32 had been killed in the surprise attack "after fierce resistance in direct combat against the attackers, or as a result of the bombing of the facilities."

Cuba, reliant on Venezuelan oil and support, faces uncertain future after U.S. removes Maduro

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, the island nation's closest ally, as residents here wonder what the capture of President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. The two...

www.pbs.org

Venezuela produces on average about 1.1 million barrels of oil a day, down from the 3.5 million barrels a day produced in 1999 before a government takeover of the majority of oil interests and a mix of corruption, mismanagement and U.S. economic sanctions led output to fall.

 

[Tutter]

The Trump administration "told us" what they did. Are they lying about it?

No I meant the biased mainstream media. IMO. They only show what they want to be seen.

 

[sapphire blue]

Democrats spent years howling that Maduro was a ruthless tyrant who had to be delegitimized, pressured, and removed. But the instant President Trump succeeds where they failed, they erupt in furious hypocrisy — prioritizing their unhinged hatred of President Trump over American interests and national security.

Democrats Once Demanded Maduro’s Ouster. Now They Mourn His Capture — Because Trump Did It.

President Donald J. Trump has scored another remarkable foreign policy triumph: the bold capture and extradition of Nicolas Maduro, the indicted

www.whitehouse.gov

Secretary Rubio underscored President Donald J. Trump’s ironclad commitment to preventing the Western Hemisphere from becoming a safe haven for drug traffickers, Iranian proxies, or hostile regimes that endanger our national security — declaring the days of weakness are over and the U.S. will deploy every tool to eradicate these threats from our backyard.

RUBIO: This Is Our Hemisphere — and President Trump Will Not Allow Our Security to be Threatened

This morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined multiple news programs to discuss the Trump Administration’s decisive operation that successfully

www.whitehouse.gov

Did the democrats really fail or did they choose to respect the law? Ignoring laws makes it criminal behaviour does it not?