Tag Archives: venezuela

South of the border, down Mexico way: CIA?

Posted on May 18, 2026 by borderslynn

This article caught my eye: https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/05/13/cartel-car-bomb/ Venezuela, 51st State? Trump’s talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in Venezuela By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZUpdated 2:16 PM BST, May 14, 2026 Leer en español CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Twice this … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 51st state, assassinations, CIA, colonial ambitions, criminal or terrorist, designation, drug lords, Mexican cartels, South America, venezuela | Leave a comment

Cubans endless suffering

Posted on May 13, 2026 by borderslynn

https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/328857 Canadian mining in Cuba now unfeasible: https://havanatimes.org/news/canadas-sherritt-abandons-cuba-and-will-evacuate-personnel/ More on the results of Trump’s Executive Order: US targets Cuban military, mine in new sanctions Havana (AFP) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Cuban military conglomerate that controls … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Canada, CIA, Cuba, evacuation of staff, financial struggle, forcing collapse of Cuba, foreign investors, health crisis, Marco Rubio, mining, national debt, no electricity, regime change, sanctions, Sherritt, starvation, Trump Executive Order, venezuela | Leave a comment

The ties to Venezuela

Posted on March 24, 2026 by borderslynn

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged corruption, David Rivera, Delcy Rodriguez, Esther Nuhfer, lobbying, Marco Rubio, Nicolas Maduro, oil, venezuela | Leave a comment

Machado and Republicans: a bit of history

Posted on January 9, 2026 by borderslynn

2005 President George W. Bush welcomes María Corina Machado, the founder and executive director of Súmate, an “independent democratic civil society group” (directly funded by the U.S government) in Venezuela, to the Oval Office Tuesday Years Exxon was extracting oil … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2002, 2005, Chavez, ego, ExxonMobil, flattery, George H Bush, Machado, narcissist, nationalising oil industry, Nobel Peace Prize, Súmate, symbolic gesture, US intervention, venezuela | Leave a comment

Shadow Fleet on the run

Posted on January 7, 2026 by borderslynn

Seizure of Shadow Fleet in the Atlantic: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/7/live-trump-says-venezuela-to-hand-over-up-to-50mn-barrels-of-oil-to-us Why? Why US seized Bella 1 and Sophia tankers and what it means for Venezuela The United States has seized two oil tankers, the Bella 1 and the Sophia, in the North … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, Cuba, Darcy Rodriguez, demand, Iran, oil, power, Russia, sanction busting, sanctions, shadow tankers, Special Forces, supply, ukraine, United States, venezuela | Leave a comment

Venezuela under attack: there will be consequences

Posted on January 3, 2026 by borderslynn

So, it has started. Jan 3, 2026. Venezuela covers an area of approximately 916,445 square kilometers (353,841 square miles), making it the 32nd largest country in the world. It is roughly 11 times smaller than the United States. Al Jazeera Wikipedia Venezuelans … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, conflict, contradicting Trump, crime rates, criminals, Cuba, Delcy Rodriguez, discombobulator, economic strangulation, fossil fuels, geopolitical consequences, Havana syndrome, international anarchy, international law, Iran, Latin America, Maduro, Marco Rubio, maritime strategy, Mexico, military force, mobsters, regime change by US, ruling by military force, Russia, Stephen Miller, taiwan, troops on ground, Trump, ukraine, United Nations, US, venezuela, violence | Leave a comment

Maritime Lifelines: ‘boxing in’ before winner takes all (and planet dies)

Posted on December 31, 2025 by borderslynn

A few days ago, an uninhabited Venezuelan dock was hit by a CIA strike: CIA carries out first drone strike on Venezuelan soil in latest escalation of Trump admin’s attacks on ‘narco terrorists’ US targeted alleged drug traffickers in first-known … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aggression, Arctic melt, Black Sea, broligarchs, Caribbean, coastal, conflict, cuts to funding, Denmark, ethiopia, fossil fuels, fraud rumours, Gaza, Georgia, glacier, Greenland, IDF, indifference, indigenous peoples, innocents killed, israel, lifeline to land locked, maritime trade routes, Minnesota, murder, oligarchs, Palestinian land, Pituffik Space Base, poverty, power grabs, propaganda, real estate, Russia, Saudi Arabia coalition, scarce resources, Somalia, sovereignty, Sudan RSF, theft, ukraine, US, US military, US personnel, venezuela, war, war crimes, wealth, West Bank, Yemen port | Leave a comment

Contradicting Intelligence

Posted on December 23, 2025 by borderslynn

Michael D Sellers, Substack noted As Reuters put it, intelligence agencies continue to warn that Putin “has not abandoned his aims of capturing all of Ukraine and reclaiming parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire.” That stands in stark contrast to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic, Atlantic, Denmark, fossil fuels, fuelling war, Greenland, international security, Iran, NATO alliance, oil, Reuters, Russia, shadow fleet, spy crews, Tulsi Gabbard, US intelligence, venezuela, wealth | Leave a comment

Shadow Fleet Expansion: sanction busting

Posted on December 21, 2025 by borderslynn

Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro sign strategic partnership agreement in Moscow By Reuters May 7, 2025 5:50 PM GMT+1Updated May 7, 2025 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-maduro-sign-strategic-partnership-agreement-2025-05-07/ Global energy markets are deeply interconnected, and oil remains the lifeblood of modern economies. However, when geopolitical tensions lead … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alliances, america, Bank of England, Black Sea, Caribbean, ecosystem harm, ineffective sanctions, Iran, Latin America, London, more harm than good, oil resources, OPEC, pollution, Russia, sanctions, venezuela, Venezuelan assets | Leave a comment

Oil Reserves

Posted on November 26, 2025 by borderslynn

Oil is a finite commodity. Oil reserves that remain have a calculation attached which tells producers how many years remain that they could expect wealth from this fossil fuel. Present regimes of United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia might not … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged battle for resources, fossil fuels, oil reserves, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, venezuela | Leave a comment

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