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11-27-25  savo

XXI century the military solutions are different

may be..

but the point is that 9 years into this mess.. the situation is exactly the same place as it was 9 years ago..

When a conflict sees no progress after 9 years I would say that the approach to the conflict has been erroneous.

It does not matter how many frigates, submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers the US amass in the coasts of veni.. they guy is not leaving because ...as the WSJ points out now.. and I have been pointing out since 2017... he has nowhere to go.


11-27-25  victor

Avianca suspende sus vuelos en Venezuela hasta el 5 de diciembre en medio de las tensiones entre Maduro y Trump

11-26-25  carib

Estados Unidos utilizará de manera «provisional» dos aeropuertos dominicanos como parte de su lucha contra el narcotráfico en la región a través de la operación ‘Lanza del Sur’, afirmaron este miércoles el presidente dominicano, Luis Abinader, y el secretario de Guerra estadounidense, Pete Hegseth, tras reunirse en el Palacio Nacional.

11-26-25  victor

both dead

Mueren dos miembros de la Guardia Nacional tras tiroteo en la ciudad de Washington, según autoridades

11-26-25  carib

Savo: the bay of the pigs was an extremely bad idea, worse executed. and in the XXI century the military solutions are different.

11-26-25  victor

pt

Germany warns Russia could attack NATO by 2029 as intelligence threat assessments mount

Ex-NATO Supreme Commander says 'there is a lot of truth in what the foreign minister is saying'

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned Tuesday that new intelligence assessments show Moscow is preparing for the option of a future attack against a NATO member, marking it the third time this month that senior German officials have raised alarms about a potential confrontation with Russia in the next 4 years.

"Putin eyes the EU and NATO. Our intelligence services are issuing urgent warnings: at the very least, Russia is creating the option for itself to wage war against NATO by 2029. We have to deter further Russian aggression, together with our partners and allies," the official German foreign ministry X account stated.

"These divisions, without a doubt, have their sights set on us, on the European Union, on NATO. The threat to our country from Russia is no longer a distant concern; it is already a reality," he said.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said he agreed with the severity of the German assessments. "I believe there is a lot of truth in what the foreign minister is saying. Russia's intent for Eastern Europe is very clear."

Breedlove noted that many observers have forgotten Russia’s early signals before the full-scale invasion. "At the beginning of this large-scale invasion phase, Russia gave us two documents. They call them treaties. We never acknowledged them. We continued to call them documents… Essentially, Mr. Putin said, ‘Sign these or there will be other means…’ And we did not sign them. And we learned what ‘or else’ meant. And he came crashing into Ukraine for the third time. First was in Crimea. Second was in the Donbas, and now the third time in multiple axes."

Breedlove said Putin’s ambitions extend far beyond Ukraine. "If you read those two documents, if you actually read them and I did multiple times, his intention is for all of Eastern Europe… he’s going to rearrange the security architecture of Eastern Europe back to a Cold War status where he controls all those buffer countries and has this buffer between him and NATO."

Asked whether Russia could be ready to attempt such a move within five years, Breedlove said that depends on how quickly Moscow can rebuild its degraded forces. "Ukraine has smashed his army, his army west of the Urals is deeply damaged… Is he able to rebuild this army? Is he able to hold the loyalty of the Russian people who are soon going to learn that their sons and husbands are not coming home?"

He warned that Putin will have to confront the consequences of massive wartime losses. "The conservative estimates are 1.1 to 1.5 million people… During the first part of this war more than 11 years ago, when people didn't come home, the moms of Moscow stood up. And I think that Mr. Putin is going to have to face that yet."

The German foreign minister’s warning follows separate comments from Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that a war between Russia and NATO "could begin in 2029," and that some analysts believe it could happen as early as 2028. The remarks were reported by Meduza.

Top military commanders have delivered similar assessments. Lt. Gen. Alexander Sollfrank, head of Germany’s joint operations command, told Reuters that Russia could launch on NATO territory "at any time." He added that a larger assault could become possible by 2029 if rearmament continues.

The warnings come as the United States pushes forward with a proposed Russia-Ukraine peace deal. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy until the agreement is complete or in its final stage.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said "tremendous progress" had been made and that only "a few remaining points of disagreement" remain in the updated peace plan. A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that Ukraine has agreed to the revised framework, while Moscow is reviewing the latest changes.

The negotiations continued despite a major overnight Russian strike on Kyiv that killed at least seven people and damaged power infrastructure.

11-26-25  victor

Dos militares, en estado crítico tras ser tiroteados cerca de la Casa Blanca

11-26-25  savo


The Wall Street Journal | La razón por la que Nicolás Maduro no renunciará pacíficamente
noviembre 26, 2025

CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 25/11/2025.- El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, habla sosteniendo la Espada del Perú este martes este martes, en Caracas (Venezuela). El chavismo volvió a las calles en Venezuela para reiterar su apoyo al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y repudiar el despliegue militar de Estados Unidos en el Caribe, que ya deja consecuencias tangibles en el país al haber provocado la cancelación en cascada de varios vuelos internacionales. EFE/ Miguel Gutiérrez


El líder chavista, Nicolás Maduro, enfrenta una presión militar y diplomática estadounidense sin precedentes para que renuncie y abandone su país pacíficamente. Es poco probable que acepte la oferta.

The Wall Street Journal

Los días en que los dictadores podían vivir en un exilio dorado con fortunas en cuentas secretas en bancos suizos prácticamente han terminado, principalmente gracias a los mecanismos globales para juzgar los abusos contra los derechos humanos y rastrear las ganancias ilícitas. El dictador de 63 años no cree que vaya a obtener una amnistía duradera, según los analistas, ya que solo se siente seguro entre el grupo de militares leales con los que se ha rodeado durante una década.

Maduro y la mayoría de sus secuaces consideran las amenazas militares estadounidenses como un engaño, afirmó una persona que habla a menudo con altos funcionarios del gobierno venezolano. Maduro cree que la única manera en que Estados Unidos puede derrocarlo es enviando tropas a Caracas, añadió.

El presidente Trump ha declarado que no cree que Estados Unidos vaya a declarar una guerra contra Venezuela, y que se centra en presionar a Maduro para que deje el cargo. El martes, Trump reiteró su disposición a dialogar con el líder venezolano.

«Podría hablar con él», dijo Trump, refiriéndose a Maduro, a los periodistas en el Air Force One camino a Florida desde Washington. «Si podemos salvar vidas, si podemos hacer las cosas por las buenas, está bien. Y si tenemos que hacerlo por las malas, también está bien».

Una invasión terrestre estadounidense es improbable, según muchos analistas. Desde la perspectiva de Maduro, quedarse en Venezuela podría ser la forma más segura de protegerse a sí mismo, su dinero y su familia, afirmó Moisés Naím, analista del Fondo Carnegie para la Paz Internacional, con sede en Washington.

En el pasado, los dictadores depuestos «iban a Europa y compraban villas en la Riviera Francesa», dijo. «Ahora siguen yendo a Europa, pero terminan en la Corte Penal Internacional de La Haya», añadió.

El lunes, Maduro afirmó que no se iría a ninguna parte. «Hagan lo que hagan, como hagan, donde hagan, no podrán derrotar a Venezuela», afirmó.

El gobierno de Trump designó recientemente como organización terrorista a un grupo conocido como el Cártel de los Soles, que según Estados Unidos lidera Maduro. Una acusación formal estadounidense durante el primer mandato de Trump declaró que Maduro participó en una conspiración narcoterrorista para inundar Estados Unidos de cocaína.

Maduro niega la acusación. Su administración afirma que el Cártel de los Soles no existe.

Trump ha autorizado operaciones encubiertas de la CIA en Venezuela y ha ordenado el mayor despliegue militar en el Caribe en décadas. El portaaviones más avanzado de Estados Unidos se encuentra en la región, junto con una flotilla de buques de guerra y una fuerza de marines.

Esto se suma a los ataques estadounidenses contra supuestas lanchas rápidas que transportan drogas y que desde septiembre han matado a decenas de personas en el Caribe y el Pacífico.


11-26-25  savo

The veny oppo has no guns.

I am sure that can be arranged...

I am not joking...you want to free veni... we can help you... but you go first... the Marines will go behind you...

but you means you... your wife and your adult children..

You want to offer your life for a free Veni... count on us.. but you disembark first.

11-26-25  carib

Edvi: the veny bond prices you are posting.. are on US markets or where else?

11-26-25  carib

The veny oppo has no guns. The US does.

11-26-25  carib

Savo: you are welcome to have a theological discussion with Hegseth...or Netanyahu...

11-26-25  savo

may be he is... but given that the 5th commandments is very clear...Thou shall not kill... i would not take the risk...

If MCM, Lopez, Borges, Ldezma and Guaido want to be government let them be in the first line of combat.

11-26-25  carib

Hegseth gave orders to murder about 70 people for sailing on fast boats. Yet, he goes to church every sunday, and believes he is a sort of saint..

11-26-25  carib

Edvi: didn't Maduro decide Xmas came early, this year?

11-26-25  carib

Savo: if necessary, but I am not standing for the position involved.
Here we cannot give orders, but just decide if we buy or sell...

11-26-25  savo

I think they are using circular financing... for the very simple reason that everybody does.

11-26-25  savo

Nvidia says it isn't using 'circular financing' schemes. 2 famous short sellers disagree.

Nvidia (NVDA) sent a memo to Wall Street analysts over the weekend arguing that it is not engaged in vendor financing, a controversial practice in which suppliers invest in or extend loans to their own customers.

Famed short sellers Jim Chanos and Michael Burry aren't so sure.

Nvidia wrote a seven-page document — first reported by Barron's on Tuesday morning — rebuffing claims that it invests in its own customers to inflate its revenue. The memo was written in response to a newsletter from a little-known Substack author last week claiming that the $5 trillion AI chipmaker is engaged in a "circular financing scheme" — using vendor financing to boost sales — drawing parallels between Nvidia and famous dot-com era accounting frauds committed by Enron and Lucent.

"They're [Nvidia is] putting money into money-losing companies in order for those companies to order their chips," Chanos told Yahoo Finance in an interview.

Nvidia has invested heavily in its own customers — from ChatGPT developer OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) to Elon Musk's xAI (XAAI.PVT) to a slew of AI cloud firms, including CoreWeave (CRWV) and Nebius (NBIS) — and those investments have raised eyebrows on Wall Street.

"NVIDIA does not resemble historical accounting frauds because NVIDIA's underlying business is economically sound, our reporting is complete and transparent, and we care about our reputation for integrity," Nvidia wrote in its memo, which was obtained by Yahoo Finance.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-says-it-isnt-using-circular-financing-schemes-2-famous-short-sellers-disagree-100021210.html






11-26-25  panasonic

Edvi, what portion of economy still pegged to bolos?

I was under the impression that everything was dollarized except public workers salaries, but they all have a side "job".

11-26-25  savo

Why would the US president have to go to Hell so that MCM can be veni president?

11-26-25  savo

the mossad way

would you give an order to murder people?

11-26-25  savo

new Chinese-made open models

which are those?

11-26-25  Edvi

Hello Colores,

This seems to be one of the saddest Christmas in a long time, Fx through the roof! 11% in 1 week, business losing money or spiking prices like crazy, Bs/$ almost 400, people in the streets asking where the money is?

11-26-25  carib

ft
China has overtaken the US in the global market for “open” artificial intelligence models, gaining a crucial edge over how the powerful technology is used around the world. 

A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and open-source AI start-up Hugging Face found that the total share of downloads of new Chinese-made open models rose to 17 per cent in the past year.

The figure surpasses the 15.8 per cent share of downloads from American developers such as Google, Meta and OpenAI — the first time Chinese groups have beaten their American counterparts.

11-26-25  carib

Savo: the mossad way.

11-26-25  savo

that is one of the problems Leo..

The other is that short of flying missiles over Miraflores as per PT, bombing infrastructure or blockading Veni ports and starving the population like in the Roman times... what additional negotiating tool does DT have?

He has placed 20% of the Navy in front of veni...strangled oil production.. forced a default, cut veni out of the financial system and priced Maduro's head at 50MM dollars...

Yet Maduro is still on the other side of the phone singind Imagine in front of his crowd... supported by very powerful allies and producing 1.2 MM barrels per day.

This cookie is tough.. requires clever people like Grenell... not bullies like Pompeo, Duque, MCM, Rubio, Abrams, etc...

11-26-25  leopardo

Problem is it is not just Maduro and his family
but 100ndreds of people that should Flee Vnzuela.
And, the cubans do not let Maduro go away…

11-26-25  carib

Panas:
;~)

11-26-25  panasonic

...or join our fiji party in Capadocia, we can help him manage his billions in colores investments.

11-26-25  carib

... or summer in Doha..

11-26-25  patient-trader

an offer Maduro can not refuse
...

winter in Moscow can be also nice

11-26-25  leopardo

Trump desde el Air Force One sobre por qué quiere hablar con Maduro:

"Si podemos salvar vidas, si podemos hacer las cosas por las buenas, está bien. Y si tenemos que hacerlo por las malas, también está bien".

11-26-25  savo

I hope Trump's advisros can come up with an offer Maduro can not refuse.

My feeling is there is none at this stage.

11-26-25  victor

in spite of fto

//

nov 25

Trump says he may talk to Venezuela's Maduro amid pressure campaign

President Trump says he may speak with Venezuela's Maduro amid a pressure campaign on Venezuela that has included a massive U.S. military buildup.

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