I doubt this could have happened the way it did without a lot of help from within the Venezuelan government. Not only do such potential allies of the U.S. have any reason to expect good things for themselves, but the problems are going to get more complicated in Trump's circle--which has serious difficulties dealing with the simplest problems.
On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM Anthony Boynton via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > The Venezuelan Supreme Court, not Donald Trump, appointed Delcy Rodriguez > as acting president. Maduro remains president according to Rodriguez and > the Supreme Court. > > Read this > https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/01/04/venezuela-supreme-court-orders-vp-delcy-rodriguez-interim-president/88017625007/ > and this > https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/venezuela-vp-accuses-us-oil-grab-after-maduro-seized-shock-regime-change-strike-1767984 > > There is no evidence that she or anyone else in the PSUV and military > leadership has fled the country. So far there is no evidence that anyone > at the top of the PSUV or military are cooperating with the Trumpists. > Everything I have seen here is pure speculation. > > The NYT's blow by blow of the kidnapping includes an account of CIA > preparations that rings true, but may be false. > https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/trump-capture-maduro-venezuela.html > > Also, these are worth watching. Oil may have been Trump's reason for the > attack, but it wasn't anyone else's, certainly not in the short run. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZmlUXSAEs&t=237s > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVxYx80v1k > > > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM Marv Gandall via groups.io <marvgand2= > [email protected]> wrote: > >> What meaning if any to attach to this report??? >> >> The U.S. president said that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez >> “was sworn in as president just a little while ago” and had a “gracious” >> conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to offer her support. But >> on state television later, Rodriguez told the Venezuelan public, “We demand >> the immediate liberation of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia >> Flores,” calling Maduro “the only president of Venezuela.” >> >> >> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-strikes-run-country-transition-military-rcna252044 >> >> >> >> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40032): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40032 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117057232/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
