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Neutrality is T&T’s best defence in US-Venezuela standoff
CNC 3
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August 23, 2025
As tensions rise once more between the United States and Venezuela, T&T finds itself at the edge of a storm. Geography, history and circumstance have placed this country in a position not of its own making. Washington sharpens its rhetoric....
US ships in Caribbean stir optimism among Venezuelans in T&T
CNC 3
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August 23, 2025
Senior Multimedia Reporter [email protected] The three United States warships deployed to the Caribbean are expected to arrive tomorrow, and as they move in, Venezuelans living in Trinidad are hopeful that the deployment will lead to the removal...
No to US imperialist aggression against Venezuela! For the unity of the working class across the Americas!
World Socialist Web Site
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August 23, 2025
U.S. Marines board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter [Photo: USMC/Lance Cpl. Alexis Ibarra]The Trump administration has launched a violent escalation of imperialist threats against Venezuela with the dispatch of an armada to within striking...
US ups the stakes in confrontation with Venezuela
Morning Star
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PRESIDENT Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday, that he is mobilising “over 4.5 million militia members across the entire national territory” of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the US deployment of three navy guided-missile...
Concert review: Energy and precision from the SSO; Chloe Chua demonstrates growing maturity
The Straits Times
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August 23, 2025
Singapore Symphony Orchestra – Rodolfo Barraez (conductor), Chloe Chua (violin) Esplanade Concert Hall Aug 22, 7.30pm The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO) associate conductor, Berlin-based Venezuelan Rodolfo Barraez, directed a compact...
Venezuelan Oil Output Exceeds One Million Barrels Per Day in July
teleSUR
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Oil barrels. / @JCGP051265 August 22, 2025 Hour: 12:18 pm According to the latest OPEC report, Venezuela’s oil production averaged 1,000,084 barrels per day in July 2025. RELATED: Maduro Highlights Nationwide Readiness of Bolivarian Militia Amid...
UM researcher studies songbirds near Anaconda for clues on mining's long-term impact
Glacier Country News - Montana
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August 22, 2025
University of Montana graduate student Mary Venegas is leading research to assess the lingering effects of historic mining on songbird populations near Anaconda, Montana. The project focuses on how heavy metal contamination from past smelter...
Private Chinese Firm Invests $1 Billion to Pump 60,000 Bpd Crude in Venezuela
Oil Price
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August 22, 2025
Private Chinese firm China Concord Resources Corp (CCRC) is developing two oilfields in Venezuela, from which it expects to produce 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude by the end of next year, thanks to a planned investment of $1 billion, an...
Rowley: US-Venezuela tension testing Trinidad and Tobago government
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 22, 2025
News Clint Chan Tack 8 Minutes Ago Former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley. - File photo FORMER prime minister Dr Keith Rowley says the population is waiting to see what will be the government's response as US warships are deployed off the coast of...
Trump Team Withholds Venezuelan Oil Approval for Non-US Majors
Mint
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August 23, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is withholding approval for several Western oil majors seeking to operate in Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government even as Chevron Corp. is allowed to work there, according to people...
Venezuela mobilises 4.5 million militia as US deploys troops
Green Left
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August 22, 2025
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announced on August 18, that he is activating “over 4.5 million militia members across the entire national territory” of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the United States deployment of three...
Venezuela: Sanctions, big business and the Maduro government
Green Left
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August 22, 2025
Salvador De León is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee (CAIT) in Venezuela. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to De León about the Nicolás Maduro government’s economic policies. * * * Debates outside Venezuela focus on...
Private Chinese firm producing oil in Venezuela under a rare 20-year pact, source says
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 22, 2025
Published: 22 Aug. 2025, 20:06 A crude oil tanker is docked at Isla Oil Refinery PDVSA terminal in Willemstad on the island of Curacao, on Feb. 22, 2019. [REUTERS/YONHAP] China Concord Resources has begun developing two Venezuelan oil fields,...
Maduro Vows To Mobilize Millions As U.S. Warships Nears Venezuela
SouthFront
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August 22, 2025
File image. Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro on August 18 said that he would deploy 4.5 million militia members in response to “outlandish threats” by the United States. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has been slowly...
Chinese firm begins developing oilfields in Venezuela
The Sun Daily
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August 22, 2025
HOUSTON: China Concord Resources Corp (CCRC) has begun developing two Venezuelan oilfields, planning to invest more than US$1 billion (RM4.2 billion) in a project to produce 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil by end-2026, an executive directly...
US warships are circling Venezuela – what does this mean for the oil trade?
South China Morning Post
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August 22, 2025
As US destroyers closed in on the coast of Venezuela on Thursday – a stark show of military force President Donald Trump said was intended to combat drug cartels – global attention has turned to the South American country, with China voicing...
Private Chinese firm producing oil in Venezuela under rare 20-year pact, source says
The Economic Times
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August 22, 2025
China Concord Resources Corp has begun developing two Venezuelan oilfields, planning to invest more than $1 billion in a project to produce 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil by end-2026, an executive directly involved in the project said. The...
China’s Secret Oil Lifeline: How a Shadow Fleet of Sanctions-Busting Ships Fuels Beijing’s Energy Needs
[your]NEWS
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August 22, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna A recent investigation by the Financial Times (FT), conducted in collaboration with the research group C4ADS, has uncovered a vast and sophisticated network moving billions of dollars’ worth of oil from sanctioned nations Russia,...
India-Brazil to strengthen energy ties, as Trump tariffs threatens to disrupt crude oil supplies
The Hindu Business Line
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August 22, 2025
Sky-high US tariffs are prompting India and Brazil to explore opportunities to boost oil trade, as New Delhi looks for alternatives to Russian oil, while Brazil scouts for newer markets for its growing crude output, S&P Global Commodity Insights...
China Concord Resources to invest $1 billion in Venezuela oilfields, targeting 60,000 bpd by 2026
The Hindu Business Line
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August 22, 2025
China Concord Resources Corp has begun developing two oilfields in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo region, marking a rare private Chinese investment in the sanctions-hit OPEC nation. | Photo Credit: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters China Concord Resources Corp...