Maduro declares state of emergency in response to U.S. naval presence in Caribbean

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312311824.html

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  2. “Under Article 338 of Venezuela’s constitution, a declaration of external emergency, known as “Declaración de Conmoción Externa”, allows the government to temporarily suspend certain constitutional guarantees — though not fundamental rights such as the right to life or protections against torture. The emergency measure can last up to 90 days and may be extended once for an additional 90 days.”

  3. Guyana’s offshore oil reserves, discovered in the Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil, are estimated to be nearly 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent, with continued exploration suggesting the potential for even larger reserves in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. Since the initial 2015 discovery at the Liza field, numerous additional discoveries have been made, making Guyana a significant and rapidly growing oil producer.

    The Essequibo conflict is a long-standing territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region, a vast, resource-rich area that makes up about two-thirds of Guyana’s land. The dispute, which has been simmering for over a century, escalated significantly following the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2015.

    ExxonMobil has recently greenlit a $6.8 billion investment for the Hammerhead offshore oil project in Guyana, bringing its total committed funds for seven approved projects in the country to over $60 billion since 2015. The Hammerhead development is expected to begin production in 2029, adding to the prolific oil production in the Stabroek Block.

    While definitive numbers are difficult to verify, Venezuela’s active armed forces are estimated at between 95,000 and 150,000 personnel in 2025. This number is supplemented by a substantial and potentially much larger civilian militia.

    As of 2023, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) had 3,400 active personnel and 670 reserve personnel. Some reports from mid-2025 indicate a slightly higher number, closer to 4,000 active troops.

    Venezuela possesses the world’s largest proven crude oil reserves, estimated at approximately 303 billion barrels as of 2023.

    See – The Zimmerman memo

  4. Yep… we’re going to war to distract everyone from his pedophila.

  6. So…
    Is Trump antagonizing Venezuela to show Guyana that he’s “on their side”?

  7. I have no love for Maduro, but any sovereign country has the right to defend itself.

    Anyone know how many sea drones he has?

    Hubris has a habit of backfiring.

  9. Are these civilian militia members fair game now under wartime laws? Is it any different than being conscripted and following orders?

  11. So what is going to happen with Maduro. Is it a nothing burger or will he be deposed by Trump or what?

  12. BIDEN S GONNA START WORLD WAR THREE!!! – Some maga idiots

  13. [https://newrepublic.com/post/201052/trump-drug-boat-strikes](https://newrepublic.com/post/201052/trump-drug-boat-strikes)

    Stephen Miller Overruling Marco Rubio on “Drug Boat” Strikes

    Stephen Miller was apparently calling the shots in the Trump administration’s lethal military strikes on Venezuelan boats accused of drug smuggling. The White House deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser played a principal role in the operations, which were led by his homeland security council, *The Guardian* [reported](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/stephen-miller-venezuela-drug-boat-strike) Monday. 

    According to three *Guardian* sources familiar with the matter, Miller’s influence over the strikes “at times” even “superseded” that of Marco Rubio, who is President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser. This comes as Miller continues to consolidate power in the homeland security council. 

    **Miller’s role,** ***The Guardian*** **notes, helps account for the shaky legal justification the administration has provided for the attacks: The Trump administration claims the president was using his authority under Article II of the Constitution, based on the notion that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is a foreign terrorist organization. This recalls Miller’s repeated assertions that TdA is “running Venezuela” in his argument for deporting Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.**

    The revelation about Miller’s role also recalls [reports](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-miller-donald-trump-immigrants-1234778491/) that he mused about bombing unarmed immigrants in boats as an adviser in the first Trump administration. 

    Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official who resigned in Trump’s first term and became a vocal critic of the president, recounted an exchange between Miller and the then-commandant of the Coast Guard—which Miller vehemently denies—in his book *Blowback*. 

    **Miller, according to Taylor, asked the commandant why the administration couldn’t “use a Predator drone to obliterate” boats “full of migrants” in international waters. The commandant replied that it would violate “international law,” but Miller was interested not in “the moral conflict of drone-bombing migrants,” but “whether anyone could stop America from doing it.” He told the commandant, per Taylor, “I don’t think you understand the limitations of international law.”**

  14. Trumps stealing oil resources for his billionaire buddies

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