Please include sources for any claims; baseless speculation is counterproductive. Remember that this is not a win for the US, just another outburst of a dying empire.
Went to protest at the US embassy in Brussels. Probably around 600-800 people there I guess. As far as I could tell we were the only party there. The rest was different orgs. Not even the Greens were there.
Also, the US embassy is funny. All the other embassies are just building but the US one is a fortress with spiky fences, cameras and armed guards.
The turnout was bigger than I expected really. Lots of communists around, which was nice.
100 people at my local one, which is actually pretty good for the place (no embassy, just a square). A fight (between participants) almost broke out lol
There was some discussion between participants at our protest too. They seemed to be Venezuelan but no actual fighting luckily.
I’m a little jealous. I managed to find only one person today who was willing to talk a little about Venezuela. He knew nothing about Venezuela but was at least slightly sympathetic. He was only willing to whisper a little about politics because everyone is afraid of being arrested. Protesting is banned and exactly zero people would risk saying or doing anything remotely disruptive. lemmygrad would choke to death on cope to read the newspapers here.
A lot of U.S. embassies are just intelligence command centers.
Lots of protests around today. Good luck to everyone attending ✊🏼 stay safe.
Good lord the amount of Venezuelan Gusanos and Diasporas (especially those artists) are so Much on My Twitter FYP. Meanwhile Actual Venezuelans Inside the country are genuinly scared to shit whats about to go To Happened after. Man fuck Twitter venezuelan Gusanos and Artists.
Hope Venezuelan Comrades there Stand firm
The moderator of a Venezuelan community on Lemmy posted the most white supremacist shit I’ve seen and then when called out said not to talk down to them because they’re a real Venezuelan and no one else can know about the real story but people like them. Then they blocked me for being a Russian bot.
Let this be a lesson in the failure of democratic socialism. The US destroyed Salvador Allende’s Chile, and has now started to destroy Chavez’s Venezuela.
After revolution, arm yourself and kill all gusanos. Then try to get nukes.
Any serious movement should be applying this for survival
I believe its Cubas position that they will not take up nuclear armerment, with a doctors not bombs mentality, I could be wrong, or it could have changed though.
Thankfully it has worked.
Let’s hope it holds.
Developing military capabilities for protecting your country should be a top priority goal for any serious socialist project.
kill a bunch of people, including civilians
Abducts Venezualan president
says vp is in control but you’re going to “run the place”
vp says no your not
refuses to elaborate?
leaves?
Ngl I miss when Bourgeois foreign policy makes sense. I mean I know that this obviously isn’t over, but what went wrong here? I feel like something went wrong on their end, but what would it be.
This is the usual Trump propaganda and “diplomacy” tactic. Build up to some explosive action that shocks the world, announce a complete and total achievement of their war goals prematurely and capitulation from the opposition, then continue negotiating the details quietly with the very much not defeated opposition for more limited war goals.
It serves as a way to disarm domestic opposition, as people will believe “it’s already over” and so that there’s nothing to be done and magnify and normalize the actions abroad with their media monopoly. Then the opponent has to catch up to them with their smaller media presence in the world stage and language barrier.
This has been a trend this whole presidency, the conflicts with Sheinbaum and Petro early on, tariffs on Brazil among others. People often act as though Trump is crazy and unpredictable, but he’s actually pretty repetitive in his methods.
Oh yeah same thing happened with bessents claim that China was going to remove export restrictions on critical minerals when in reality they tightened them. He straight up lied.
Lying to save face IMO.
China, Russia, Iran and (surprisingly) Israel seem to be the weak spots for this tactic. I’d say it’s hard to intimidate an enemy when they know you can’t actually follow through on your threats.
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Typical American arrogance led to a huge fuck up. This is pretty normal for us.
Ehhh, what’s more normal is to actually try? Like obviously Vietnam failed, but they tried [understatement i know]. Panama was arguably a success given what the goals were. This time…the goals are simultaneously super specific but also stupid vague
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Doesn’t that also fall under the category of try? Maybe the gulf war could be argued, but they got what they wanted out of it [and the war basically only ended by technicalities. It was more like there was a decade long “truce” where America got to starve Iraqis via sanctions]
Edit: but I do wanna say that I’m not expecting this to be the end of it. Obviously. I’m more just curious what the original plan was, because i can’t understand what said plan was.
The US are either trying to stir the pot and get a civil war going, or they really cut a deal with Rodriguez and she’s just playing her part in consolidating power then selling off.
I’d rather believe the former, than the latter, considering that Rodriguez’s father was “disappeared” by a US puppet regime in Venezuela when she was younger.
Trump has exaggerated or outright lied about the outcome of virtually every military and diplomatic action taken by his administration, since he got inaugurated. He’s desperate for both a personal and a national win. Similarly to the Iranian bombing, he’s done a show of force and is using it to declare victory. He’s likely going to withdraw the fleet from Venezuela’s coast now, and will keep milking “all the beautiful things” he has planned for Venezuela, in the coming months. However, not much else is going to happen. Dissing Corina Machiado probably means he’s not interested in supporting a puppet regime, or he realizes that doing so would be extremely expensive and likely to fail. If the US uses further military force, then the situation will very likely blow up in unexpected ways. Unfortunately, that means that there’s not much hope for releasing Maduro (through diplomacy or war), and he will probably die in a US prison cell, unless China and Russia intervene.
We should be keeping a very close eye on how the Venezuelan government proceeds from now, as that will tell us whether Trump actually cut a deal or not.
Furthermore, we should also be keeping a close eye on what Russia and China will be doing about Venezuela. I find that their responses so far have been slow (to put it mildly) and disappointingly lukewarm. This is not uncharacteristic of them, but I still fear that they might have cut a deal with Trump, especially in exchange for Ukraine and Taiwan.
Although, the night before Maduro was kidnapped, he was meeting at the presidential palace with Chinese delegates, so I’m much less inclined to believe that China cut a deal with Trump, compared to Russia.
Never forget
If anyone still thinks that the pro imperialist media is any truthful instead of straight up bullshit spewing machines:
Not even the single fact that this was a kidnapping is not allowed to be mentioned.
I fucking hate these people so much.
It’s called neutrality, sweaty, look it up
Using neutral language to describe a kidnapping is expressing support for the kidnappers by downplaying the reality of their actions, sweaty.
I thought the sarcasm was clear from using the meme verbatim
You’d be surprised how many people do it unironically.
Sorry about that.
The famously neutral BBC 🧐
I hope this is sarcasm!
Of course it is lmao
Phew…
Went to a protest in Amsterdam with a couple hundred protesters. Huge communist presence and one of the speakers even quoted Mao
The US bombed hospital facilities in its attack on Venezuela
In a statement released this Sunday, the IVSS (Venezuelan Institute of Social Security) asserted that the US attack against Venezuela, which included the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, targeted “warehouses where supplies and equipment for kidney patients are stored.”
According to the statement, the attack targeted “goods intended for the protection of health” “of a vital nature” for patients, thus revealing the “terrorist nature of the United States Government”.
Remember to cite your sources, don’t just post screenshots or excerpts.
Can we have a moment to appreciate @rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml for keeping us updated in these panicking times. Thank you.
Glad that I could help!
Thanks for all the info Rainpizza
Thank you for everything Comrade!
Honor and glory to the Cuban fighters that gave their lives to protect Maduro! 🫡
Victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism, perpetrated against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the United States, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat actions and after fierce resistance, who were carrying out missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart bodies of the South American country.
Source -> http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2026/01/06/a-los-combatientes-caidos-honor-y-gloria/
From Cuban President Canel:
Information from the Revolutionary Government on combatants who fell in the line of duty in Venezuela.As a result of the criminal attack perpetrated by the United States government against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the early hours of January 3, 2026, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat while carrying out missions on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart agencies in the South American country.
Faithful to their responsibilities for security and defense, our compatriots fulfilled their duty with dignity and heroism and fell, after fierce resistance, in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombing of the facilities.
Once their identities had been verified, the families of our fallen comrades were informed and received the heartfelt condolences and support of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Party Central Committee and president of the Republic, as well as the heads of both ministries.
Victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism, the combatants knew how to raise high, with their heroic actions, the feelings of solidarity of millions of compatriots. The Revolutionary Government will organize the appropriate actions to pay them the tribute they deserve.
Source -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DTHEOa7lOFJ/
LOOOOL
— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: Sources close to the White House confirm that Trump lost interest in backing opposition leader María Corina Machado as President of Venezuela because she accepted her Nobel Peace Price instead of demanding it be given to Trump – Washington Post
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Source -> https://archive.ph/AQgAP
Give me your bike and I’ll let you come to my birthday party.
Why is the smashed-in clock right? The depths of insanity US emperors reach is astounding.
I knew it. the moment I heard him say she wouldn’t be president I knew it was because of the noble prize.
🇻🇪🪧 This is what the streets of Caracas look like during the protest against US aggression
✊ For hours, thousands of people have gathered on the main roads of the Venezuelan capital to demand the release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and to denounce Washington’s actions in their country.
🗣 People of all ages gathered and chanted slogans such as “The homeland is not for sale, the homeland must be defended,” among others.
Stuff like this will never be shown by the pro imperialist media and the gusanos that parrot it
