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Reason · Jan 7

At Least Seven U.S. Service Members Injured In Raid To Capture Maduro, Including One With Multiple Gunshot Wounds: Report

At least seven U.S. service members sustained injuries in the raid that captured Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to a new report.

Latin Times · Jan 7

Russian-flagged oil tanker trailed by US Coast Guard before banned Venezuelan ship seized in Atlantic

Video appears to show a US Coast Guard ship sailing close to the Marinera, an empty oil tanker that has been trying to evade a US blockade near Venezuela.

The Independent UK · Jan 7

US seizes Venezuela-linked oil tanker off British waters

American forces boarded the Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as Bella-1, on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jan 7

What is the Monroe Doctrine that Trump invoked to justify the Maduro raid?

First articulated in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was largely meant to stave off European colonial influence in the western hemisphere, but modern presidents have used it to justify military intervention in Latin America.

Euronews · Jan 7

MAGA wants to be a colonial power

First Venezuela, now Greenland: Trump is promoting an international Manifest Destiny updated for the 21st century

Salon · Jan 7

Flight of the bullions: Why did Maduro move gold to Switzerland?

Caracas shipped 127 tonnes of central-bank gold to Swiss refineries over a period of five years, seeking cash and collateral as the Venezuelan debt crisis deepened.

Euronews · Jan 7

Trump's Last Straw in Arresting Maduro Was Allegedly Triggered by Mocking His Dance

US President Donald Trump said Nicolás Maduro 'tries to imitate my dance' and called him violent, as the Venezuelan leader faces arrest in New York on drug and narco‑terrorism charges.

International Business Times UK · Jan 7

Today Venezuela, tomorrow Iran: can the Islamic Republic survive a second Trump presidency?

Perhaps no one outside of Venezuela or Cuba should care more about the U.S. capture of nominal President Nicolás Maduro than the Islamic Republic of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

The Conversation · Jan 7

The role one Caribbean country played in helping the US to depose Maduro

Support for US action in the region seems to have laid the ground for regime change in Venezuela

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7