Trump Claims Venezuelan Airspace Is Closed in Latest Illegal, ‘Dangerous Escalation’

Policy experts and advocates on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump’s claim that he had ordered the airspace above and around Venezuela “to be closed in its entirety”—an authority the US president does not have but that one analyst said signaled a “scorched earth” policy in the South American country and that others warned could portend imminent airstrikes.

Trump Claims Venezuelan Airspace Is Closed in Latest Illegal, ‘Dangerous Escalation’

Hopefully, when I wake up from my catnap, Venezuela is still there—and not renamed ‘Trump Tower South.’ /s

It’s Not Only About Venezuela: Trump Intends a Wider Domino Effect

John Perry and Roger D. Harris

It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several of the countries in the Caribbean Basin, aiming to cleanse the region of governments deemed undesirable to Washington.

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Epstein Helped Build MAGA. Has He Blown It?

No one has done more to shape the current global political landscape than early MAGA mastermind and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. He’s spent the bulk of his career trying to harness the chaos of the internet and the fury of chronically online men to move the levers of real world political power.

Epstein Helped Build MAGA. Has He Blown It?

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕓𝕪 🇮🇪𝕀𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕖𝕥 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟

Oh what a surprise,
Goes to María Corina Machado
A supporter of Trump and Bolsonaro,
A woman who supports Netanyahu
A wanted war criminal.
What’s wrong with this Norwegian team,
It seems they don’t know what “Peace” means!

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕓𝕪 🇮🇪𝕀𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕖𝕥 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟

Operation Imeri: Stratfor, DefesaNet, and the Rescue Script

Considering Lula still refuses to recognize the outcome of Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election, the idea of a rescue operation of Maduro feels far-fetched. Lula’s previous alignment with the Biden administration and rejection of Venezuela’s BRICS bid signal distance, not solidarity.

The scale of the proposed rescue would demand massive military mobilization. Brazil’s footprint—limited airpower, zero aerial tankers, no carrier-based projection—renders the logistics implausible. With U.S. destroyers already deployed in the southern Caribbean and Maduro falsely classified as a “narcoterrorist” by Washington, any such operation risks direct confrontation with American assets.

Domestically, the timing couldn’t be worse. Trump 2.0 is already pressuring Brazil over the so-called “persecution” of Bolsonaro, and while national elections aren’t until late 2026, the political cost of a high-risk maneuver like this would be immediate. Lula’s administration is unlikely to burn political capital on a clandestine extraction. The optics alone would be catastrophic.

Beneath the surface of DefesaNet’s coverage lies a 2011 cooperation agreement with Stratfor, the U.S.-based private intelligence firm often dubbed the “Shadow CIA.” This wasn’t editorial alignment—it was infrastructural scripting. Stratfor gained privileged access to regional insight; DefesaNet received complimentary geopolitical reports. The choreography was built in.

When narratives like Operation Imeri surface, they don’t emerge from neutrality—they rehearse proximity, test fault lines, and manufacture urgency. Brazil isn’t just being watched. It’s being written into a role.

This isn’t a serious proposal. It’s narrative theater—manufacturing urgency, choreographing proximity, and distracting from the quieter architecture of soft power already shaping the region. The rescue isn’t about Maduro. It’s about rehearsing alignment, testing thresholds, and scripting Brazil into a role it never auditioned for.

This isn’t covert. It’s combustible.

—Tina Antonis

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María Corina Machado is the female Javier Milei (aka US Puppet)

Venezuela and Burkina Faso Strengthen South-South Cooperation +

“Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets Ibrahim Traore – the Chavez of West Africa – at the Burkina Faso embassy in Moscow. Maduro says he is so proud of Traore for standing up to and defending his country from vicious imperialism.” – Tim Anderson

Venezuela and Burkina Faso Strengthen South-South Cooperation

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