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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying a flotilla of warships and other military assets to the waters off Venezuela in an operation aimed at Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The ominous move signals a growing frustration with the Venezuelan leader over the flow of …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen throughout the country, assuring that “no empire will touch the sacred soil of Venezuela,” after the United States doubled the reward for information leading to his arrest and increased the number of troops sailing around Latin America and the Caribbean. Last week, the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, according to a U.S. official briefed on the planning. The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson are expected to arrive soon, said the official, …

MIAMI — The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes,” …

Venezuela oil company PDVSA readies return to work under previous US terms  Reuters US prepares to allow limited oil operations in Venezuela, starting with Chevron, sources say  Reuters Exclusive | Trump Administration Greenlights Chevron to Resume Pumping Oil in Venezuela  The Wall Street Journal Trump quietly renews Chevron’s license in Venezuela, marking shift in U.S. policy  Miami Herald Trump admin allows Chevron to again …

Convicted of murder in Venezuela. Freed by the Trump administration.  The Washington Post With a Single Image, U.S. Deportation Narrative Is Challenged  The New York Times No One Was Supposed to Leave Alive  The Atlantic Attorneys for wrongly deported Venezuelan asylum seeker will seek criminal contempt proceedings after prisoner swap  CNN Venezuelan makeup artist returns home, describes torture during El Salvador detention  Reuters Source link

LOBATERA, Venezuela (AP) — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family’s first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare inside a prison in El Salvador was over. Uzcátegui was among the migrants being reunited with loved ones after four months in …

American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison  The New York Times Attorneys for wrongly deported Venezuelan asylum seeker will seek criminal contempt proceedings after prisoner swap  CNN U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’  The Washington Post ‘I’m free now’: Venezuelans held in El Salvador reunite with families  Reuters Perpetrator of triple homicide in Madrid included in group …

Venezuela has announced an investigation into claims migrants sent to an El Salvador prison from the US suffered human rights abuses. More than 250 Venezuelans were repatriated to near Caracas on Friday. They had been detained in El Salvador since March following their deportation from the United States. Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said there had been “systemic torture” …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Andry Hernández Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday, a California congressman said. Rep. Robert Garcia posted on social media Friday night: “We have been in touch …