At least the opposition has a plan... Venezuelan opposition unveils plan to revive economy and rejoin global markets https://www.intellinews.com/venezue...ive-economy-and-rejoin-global-markets-338263/
Good question.... the situation is a complete mess. Nicolás Maduro’s refusal to quit raises a troubling question for Venezuela: what next? https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/14/venezuela-election-maduro
Human rights leaders demand action: Why is the ICC delaying Maduro’s arrest warrant? https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article291116970.html
Venezuelans around the world protest against Maduro government https://nordot.app/1197634398175871303
Let's catch up with the latest in Venezuela including the ruling by Maduro's kangaroo court. Venezuela top court says Maduro won election, asks for investigation into opposition https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article291313850.html In a widely expected decision Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal, which has often been accused of serving as a rubber stamp and repression tool for the regime, ruled that strongman Nicolás Maduro was the winner of last month’s presidential election. The highest court said the evidence presented to the court by Maduro validated the pronouncement made on election night by the National Electoral Council that the strongman was reelected with nearly 52% of the vote. (More at above url)
This is the type of court the Democratics want in the Supreme court Investigation into the opposition...Democratics are good at that
Autocracy on the march... Maduro intent on third term as 1,600 perceived opponents languish in cells Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule https://www.theguardian.com/world/a...ro-intent-third-term-1600-opponents-venezuela
‘No evidence’ Maduro won Venezuela election, top electoral official says https://www.semafor.com/article/08/...enezuela-election-top-electoral-official-says
The U.S. seizes Venezuela's "Air Force 1" which was criminally acquired in violation of U.S. sanctions. Guess Maduro will not be visiting anywhere but Cuba in the future. US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/02/politics/us-seizes-venezuela-president-maduros-airplane/index.html The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials. It’s the latest development in what has long been a frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela, and its seizure in the Dominican Republic marks an escalation as the US continues to investigate what it regards as corrupt practices by Venezuela’s government. The plane has been described by officials as Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One and it has been pictured in previous state visits by Maduro around the world. “This sends a message all the way up to the top,” one of the US officials told CNN. “Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.” In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that “the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies.” The plane was purchased from a company in Florida, the Justice Department said, and was illegally exported in April 2023 from the United States to Venezuela through the Caribbean. The plane, which is a Dassault Falcon 900EX, has since been used to fly “almost exclusively to and from a military base in Venezuela,” the Justice Department said, and has been used for Maduro’s international travels. CNN has reached out to the Venezuelan Government and the US State Department for comment. The situation in Venezuela has had implications for US politics as millions flee the country, many of whom have chosen to migrate to the US-Mexico border. For years, US officials have sought to disrupt the flow of billions of dollars to the regime. Homeland Security Investigations — the second largest investigative agency in the federal government — has seized dozens of luxury vehicles, among other assets, heading to Venezuela. “The plane was seized in violation of US sanctions with Venezuela and other criminal matters that we’re still looking at regarding this aircraft,” Anthony Salisbury, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations told CNN. A high-ranking official from the Dominican Republic told CNN that Maduro’s aircraft had been in Dominican territory undergoing maintenance at the time it was seized by US authorities. The source added that the government had no record that Maduro’s private plane was in the country until it was seized. US officials worked closely with the Dominican Republic, which notified Venezuela of the seizure, according to one of the US officials. Multiple federal agencies were involved in the seizure, including Homeland Security Investigations; Commerce agents, the Bureau of Industry and Security; and the Justice Department. One of the next steps, upon arriving to the US, will be pursuing forfeiture, meaning the Venezuelan government has a chance to petition for it, and collecting evidence from the aircraft. The US recently placed pressure on the Venezuelan government to “immediately” release specific data regarding its presidential election, citing concerns about the credibility of strongman leader Maduro’s victory. Earlier this year, the US reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector in response to the Maduro government’s failure to allow “an inclusive and competitive election” to take place. After the controversial reelection of Maduro on July 28, Venezuela suspended commercial flights to and from the Dominican Republic. Federal agencies, including HSI, have long been going after the Venezuelan government over corruption concerns. Over recent years, HSI has disrupted $2 billion worth of the Venezuelan government’s illicit proceeds or resources, including judgements, seizures, liquidation of bank accounts, according to one of the US officials. In March 2020, the US Department of Justice charged Maduro, together with 14 current and former Venezuelan officials, with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and corruption. “For more than 20 years, Maduro and a number of high-ranking colleagues allegedly conspired with (Colombian left-wing guerrilla group) the FARC, causing tons of cocaine to enter and devastate American communities.,” then-Attorney General William Barr said at the time. The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest or conviction. In 2017, two nephews of Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores were sentenced to 18 years in prison by a federal court in New York City for trying to smuggle up to 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States on a private jet; the two were later released by the United States in a prisoners’ exchange in 2022. “We see these officials and the Maduro regime basically fleecing the Venezuelan people for their own gain,” the US official said. “You have people who can’t even afford a loaf of bread there and then you have the president of Venezuela jetting around in a high-class private jet.” Poor economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care have pushed more than 7.7 million people to flee Venezuela, marking the largest displacement in the Western Hemisphere.