Venezuela has been thrown into deep political and military uncertainty after reports that President Nicolás Maduro was captured by US special forces during strikes carried out overnight.
Officials told CBS News that the operation involved Delta Force, marking the most direct US military intervention in Latin America in decades.
Key details surrounding the strikes remain unclear, including the extent of damage to Venezuelan military infrastructure and the number of casualties. Venezuela’s Defence Minister, Vladimir Padrino López said the country would resist the presence of foreign troops.
Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said the government does not know the whereabouts of President Maduro or First Lady Cilia Flores, and demanded immediate proof of life for both. She said officials were still seeking confirmation of their status following the reported operation.
In a televised address, Padrino López announced the immediate deployment of armed forces across the country, calling for a united front against what he described as the worst aggression Venezuela has ever faced. He said all military units were acting under Maduro’s standing orders and insisted the country would not be subdued.
The United States has not publicly confirmed the capture, but President Donald Trump earlier claimed Maduro had been forcibly removed.
Washington has accused Maduro of leading a criminal narco-trafficking organisation, allegations he has consistently denied.
Venezuela, meanwhile, has accused the United States of seeking control over its vast oil reserves, believed to be the largest in the world.
It’s December 1989 all over again…
Operation Just Cause; the U.S. invasion of Panama to remove Manuel Noreiga from power after he chose to ‘go it alone’ by ‘taking over the Panamanian drug cartel outside the sphere of the CIA’ and allegedly threatened the U.S. Citizens living in Panama.
The stealth F-117 fighter appears for the first time…
A U.S. Navy Seal Team got wiped-out…
Panamanians became resentful towards the U.S. for the illegal kidnapping of Noriega, despite his involvement in the cartels.
But then again, most of America’s Allies eventually become former Allies and then designated as ‘Terrorist States’ with the U.S. Armed Forces or Covert Ops arriving on the scene…Libya’s Gaddafi copmes to mind for taking the Libyan Dinar into proposed gold backing, and AWAY from the Central Bank.
Then there’s Saddam Hussein, a former U.S. Ally when the Iran – Iraq was popping off.
When Iraq ran out of money, and U.S. Black Funding wasn’t coming in any more, the U.S. promised Hussein that they would re-imburse him for the cost of the war.
When that didn’t happen, Hussein invaded Kuwait and seized the U.S. owned oil resources as collateral, with those assets owned by Bush Family’s Tenneco Oil. The rest is history…!
But, I digress…
Despite George Washington’s mandate NOT to be involved in foreign affairs, the J3wi$h Banksters had other plans…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/20/mapped-the-7-governments-the-u-s-has-overthrown/
Most corporate stock in the Military Industrial Complex is held and owned by J3wi$h Zionists…and the J3wi$h Banksters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXeAIxK7rY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74wrX8rKtzw
Eisenhower warned about the MIC- Military Industrial Complex…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyZoUfNsUl8
Fast forward to see the United States of Amerika descend into the hell of becoming the United States of Israel!
Noreiga liked hard Rock & Heavy Metal
The dumb old Yanks have stuffed themselves. Now locals are enraged and radicalised, like never before against them. There will be no lasting deals, only further warfare that will mimic the war of attrition, we are seeing in Ukraine. This is what the happens when you cast aside the rule of law America and behave like a rogue state.
A failed rogue state in its final desperate death throes
That wants to take everyone else down with it
It has nothing to loose
And everything to gain
But will succumb to the inevitable
Ritter’s Rant 067: Venezuela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5KvNpqpYVE
Russian strategic bombers were attacked in a large‑scale Ukrainian drone strike in early June 2025, with several aircraft destroyed or heavily damaged
Satellite imagery and independent analysis show that long‑range nuclear‑capable bombers at multiple Russian airbases were hit
Trump wouldn’t have known anything about this either