AFL-CIO #union federation in #USA opposes #US military aggression against #Venezuela
from Instagram
Jan. 3, 2026
#HandsOffVenezuela #ReleaseMaduroNow
#VenezuelanOilBelongsToVenezuela
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #NicolรกsMaduro
#news #politics #USpol #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #TradeUnions
@unions
#US forces have boarded a #Russia-flagged US sanctioned #OilTanker linked to #Venezuela in the North #Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
The US had been pursuing the #oil tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US โ #blockadeโ around Venezuela.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #criminal #law #Congress #WarPowers #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-07-Breaking+News
The ship was sanctioned by the #US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah. The US #CoastGuard attempted to board it in the #Caribbean in December as it headed for #Venezuela, which the #Trump admin has placed under naval blockade [but they continue to claim itโs not a #war]. The ship refused boarding & headed across the #Atlantic.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
With Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in U.S. custody, Cuba is left without its principal global ally as its economy careens deeper into the abyss. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/world/politics/maduro-cuba-oil-benefactor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #cuba #caribbean #latinamerica #southamerica #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump
Zohran #Mamdani makes statement against the seizure of #Maduro by #US forces
from #NewYorkTimes
Jan. 3, 2026
In his first public break with President Trump since taking office two days ago, Mayor #ZohranMamdani of New York City, condemned the capture of President #NicolรกsMaduro and his wife, calling it โan act of warโ and โviolation of federal and international law.โ
โThis blatant pursuit of regime change doesnโt just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home,โ the mayor said in a statement posted on social media.
#HandsOffVenezuela #ReleaseMaduroNow
#VenezuelanOilBelongsToVenezuela
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Venezuela
#news #politics #USpol
AFL-CIO #union federation in #USA opposes #US military aggression against #Venezuela
from Instagram
Jan. 3, 2026
#HandsOffVenezuela #ReleaseMaduroNow
#VenezuelanOilBelongsToVenezuela
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #NicolรกsMaduro
#news #politics #USpol #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #TradeUnions
@unions
Zohran #Mamdani makes statement against the seizure of #Maduro by #US forces
from #NewYorkTimes
Jan. 3, 2026
In his first public break with President Trump since taking office two days ago, Mayor #ZohranMamdani of New York City, condemned the capture of President #NicolรกsMaduro and his wife, calling it โan act of warโ and โviolation of federal and international law.โ
โThis blatant pursuit of regime change doesnโt just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home,โ the mayor said in a statement posted on social media.
#HandsOffVenezuela #ReleaseMaduroNow
#VenezuelanOilBelongsToVenezuela
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Venezuela
#news #politics #USpol
The #UnitedNations said it was โdeeply alarmedโ by the #US strikes in #Venezuela & the reported detention of President Nicolรกs #Maduro. It expressed concern the escalation was a violation of #InternationalLaw.
โThese developments constitute a
dangerous precedent,โ Stรฉphane Dujarric, spox for the #UN sec-gen, said. Dujarric said the UN worried about the implications for #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean & called on โall actors in Venezuelaโ to respect #HumanRights & the rule of #law.
#China called on the #US to comply with #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UN Charter, urging it to stop violating the #sovereignty & #security of other nations.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
The #UnitedNations said it was โdeeply alarmedโ by the #US strikes in #Venezuela & the reported detention of President Nicolรกs #Maduro. It expressed concern the escalation was a violation of #InternationalLaw.
โThese developments constitute a
dangerous precedent,โ Stรฉphane Dujarric, spox for the #UN sec-gen, said. Dujarric said the UN worried about the implications for #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean & called on โall actors in Venezuelaโ to respect #HumanRights & the rule of #law.
#Britain PM #KeirStarmer said the #UK was not involved in the #US operation in #Venezuela and that he would seek more information from #Trump. Without condemning the US action, #Starmer said he always believes that #InternationalLaw should be upheld. โBut I think at this stage, fast moving situation, letโs establish the facts & take it from there,โ he said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#China strongly condemned the #US strike in #Venezuela & the action against its president, the Foreign Ministry said, adding the Beijing govt was โdeeply shockedโ & firmly opposed to the operation.
โSuch hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate #InternationalLaw & Venezuelaโs #sovereignty & threaten #peace & #security in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean region,โ it said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
US attack on Venezuela risks โVietnam-styleโ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser #LuizInรกcioLuladaSilva #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Venezuela #Worldnews #Caribbean #Americas #Brazil #USnews
April Bey is a Bahamian artist who lives & works in LA. Her multimedia installation reflects themes from American and Bahamian culture, feminism, and post colonialism.
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US attack on Venezuela risks โVietnam-styleโ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser #LuizInรกcioLuladaSilva #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Venezuela #Worldnews #Caribbean #Americas #Brazil #USnews
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would look into reports the U.S. military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/trump-hegseth-strike-caribbean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #caribbean
Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he recently spoke with Venezuelaโs Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions, while Caracas slammed what it called U.S. preparations for an attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/trump-maduro-caracas-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #southamerica #caribbean
Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden countryโs rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of dollars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/haiti-gangs-baby-eels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #haiti #eels #caribbean
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nationโs most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump adminโs purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nationโs most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump adminโs purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford
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Operation Southern Spear(ed)
from @katzonearth [he doesn't post here, mostly only on his Substack-hosted blog sadly]
> While Americans have spent the last 24 hours justifiably focused on Trump's exposure in the #epsteinFiles, the president has been increasingly engaged in another dangerous flirtation: with yet another war. The supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are nearing Venezuela, capping off the most significant U.S. military escalation in Latin America since the 1994 U.S. invasion of Haiti. Venezuelan President Nicolรกs #Maduro has mobilized an estimated 200,000 troops in hopes of staving off regime change. Trump, meanwhile, keeps treating the #Caribbean as his personal shooting gallery, with the death toll from missile strikes on civilian boats he accuses (without offering evidence) of drug smuggling now reaching eighty.
Not just the hey please stop talking about Epstein Files. It's also such an astonishingly major coincidence! that at least three of the countries where Don has begun or is clearly threatening to start wars, all using concocted false pretexts - #Venezuela, #Nigeria, and #Iran - are ALL OIL EXPORTERS.
#hegemony #plunder #feudalism #mercantilism #conquest #colonialism #imperialism #CIA #CIAwars #invasionPretext #invasion #warCrime #invasions #destabilization #CIAinvasions
https://theracket.news/p/operation-southern-spear-ed
![Main graphic text on left:
[Venezuela flag icon] : @ituc and @CSA_TUCA strongly
condemn the US military aggression against
Venezuela and the violation of its sovereignty.
We call for respect for the Venezuelan peopleโs
right to self-determination, the immediate
release of all those detained, and a return to
peaceful and democratic dialogue.
Peace and international law must prevail.
Comment text by aflcio on right:
We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump's unconstitutional acts in Venezuela.](https://media.expressional.social/media_attachments/files/115/834/831/099/350/342/original/fd4fa9a7cb238c91.png)
