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Topic: Venezuela

Venezuelan oil exports hit 6-year high as India fills China gap

Shipments to India soared by more than fourfold in March, surpassing those to the US, according to shipping reports compiled by Bloomberg & data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler.

Gaddafi’s prisoner to Venezuela ‘covert’ ops, US national in NIA custody an ‘adventurer’ without pause

Matthew VanDyke is among seven foreigners held on charges of crossing over to Myanmar to train Myanmar-based Ethnic Armed Groups.

Vitol and Trafigura: Traders at the heart of Trump’s Venezuela oil grab

They are two of the largest commodity trading houses: a secretive group of companies responsible for buying, selling and transporting resources to where they are needed.

Venezuela’s oil industry has been running day-to-day ops on phone calls & WhatsApp

A 15 December cyber attack shut down PDVSA’s system, leaving the company to run its business outside its own technological networks.

Trump is not merely controlling the backyard. He is disrupting networks that lie beneath

Simplifying Trump-era actions as incoherent misses their strategic logic.

Venezuelan economy did not collapse overnight. 4 decades of stagnation is the cause

In 1980, South American countries exhibited similar income levels, with Venezuela ranking among the more affluent economies. By 2023, this landscape had significantly altered.

What the US did in Venezuela shows the world is still at the mercy of brute power

India needs to urgently draw attention to the total failure of the United Nations in preventing wars, unilateral sanctions, unlawful interventions and threats to sovereignty.

Tulsi Gabbard’s 2019 ‘stay out of Venezuela’ remark keeps her out of Trump’s Maduro plan

The move to cut her out of the meetings was so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for “Do Not Invite”.

Indians likely part of captured crew of Russia-linked oil tanker seized by US in Atlantic

Official confirmation is awaited, but Russian state broadcaster says at least 3 Indians were part of 28-member crew of M/V Bella 1, which was originally sailing under flag of Guyana.

In photos: Venezuela’s rule by fear endures after Maduro’s capture by US

Even with the Trump administration asserting control of Venezuela, its government appears to be leaning on familiar tools — security patrols, detentions and retaliation.

On Camera

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.