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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Venezuela

White House defends US attacks on Venezuelan boat as lawful—’authorised by Hegseth’

Washington Post had reported a second strike was ordered to take out two survivors from the initial strike and to comply with an order by Hegseth that everyone be killed.

Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land

President Donald Trump Thursday announced that following the US's targeting of Venezuelan ships, the military will now focus on eliminating drug traffickers on land.

Venezuela urges UNSC to condemn US strikes on vessels off its coast as illegalllegal

US troops have conducted at least 5 strikes on vessels that Trump accused of being involved in drug trafficking, without providing evidence.

‘Iron Lady of Venezuela’, part of Chávez coup d’état—who’s Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado

Margaret Thatcher fan Machado was blocked from standing in the 2024 presidential elections, but she brought together a fractured Oppn. and energised the public to step out & vote.

Trump snubbed, 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Venezuelan leader who ‘pitted democracy against dictatorship’

Nobel committee chair, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, lauded Venezuelan Opposition leader Machado for 'keeping the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness'.

‘Treat drug traffickers like al-Qaeda,’ says FBI Chief Kash Patel

A day after the US military carried out another strike on a Venezuelan boat reportedly trafficking drugs, the FBI chief vowed a years-long mission against drug traffickers.

Trump claims to have shot Venezuelan drug vessel approaching US, 3 killed in attack

The latest strike comes amid a large US military buildup in the southern Caribbean. Five US F-35 aircraft were seen landing in Puerto Rico Saturday.

Will Messi play another World Cup? ‘Logical to think I might not,’ he says at teary Argentina ‘farewell’

The Argentine talisman scored a brace against Venezuela Thursday, lifting his World Cup qualifier tally to 36, matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.

US Supreme Court allows Trump to scrap temporary protected status for Venezuelans

350,000 Venezuelans living in the US might lose deportation protection provided under the administration of previous president, Joe Biden.

Trump announces additional 25% tariff on oil, gas purchase from Venezuela

Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account that the decision was based on ‘the fact that Venezuela has purposefully and deceitfully sent to the United States thousands of criminals’.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.