Venezuela

A row has erupted in the US as Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is likely to face criminal liability for giving a “kill everybody” order, which led to a second airstrike on a boat and the killing of the survivors of the first strike on 2nd September.

The US has often expressed its interest to overthrow the Maduro regime in Venezuela, and the Trump administration appears to be finally acting on that motive.

In San Cristóbal (40%) and Carabobo-1 (~18%), ONGC Videsh still has stock. Caracas agreed to pay some of the about $600 million in unpaid oil dividends after 2023–24 flexibility, but additional US tightening forced ONGC to look for its own unique US licenses to operate and collect debts.

One of the detained Americans has been identified as a U.S. Navy sailor. He was detained in early September while on a personal visit to Venezuela.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country and is heading to Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane

This came after Maduro called Musk his “archenemy” and challenged him for a cage fight. “Social media creates a virtual reality, and who controls the virtual reality? Our new archenemy, the famous Elon Musk. Do you want to fight? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I’m ready. I’m not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s fight, wherever you want,” Maduro said.