Venezuelan president asks Putin for military assistance, WP reports
by Oct 31, 2025
Against the backdrop of a US military build-up in the Caribbean, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appealed to Russia, China and Iran for military assistance.
Source: The Washington Post, citing internal US government documents
Details: Maduro’s requests to Moscow were set out in a letter that was to be delivered to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin by a “senior aide”.
The documents also state that Maduro wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping, requesting “expanded military cooperation” between the two countries to counter “the escalation between the US and Venezuela”.
The documents further reveal that Transport Minister Ramón Celestino Velásquez recently coordinated the delivery of military equipment and drones from Iran and was planning a visit to the country.
He told an Iranian official that Venezuela needed “passive detection equipment”, “GPS scramblers” and “almost certainly drones with 1,000 km range”, according to the documents.
Published at www.msn.com
Pentagon Chief Claims New US Strike on Drug Trafficking Vessel in Caribbean
Nov 2, 2025
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth claimed a new US strike on a vessel that, according to him, was used for drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and belonged to a “terrorist organization.”
“Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean,” Hegseth said on X.
Three men were on board the vessel during the attack, which was carried out in international waters, he added.
Published at sputnikglobe.com
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