Overview
- President Nicolás Maduro said Caracas holds daily, permanent communications with Moscow across multiple areas and highlighted 25 years of military cooperation and training ties.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov described “constant contacts of work” with Venezuela and declined to say whether Russia would supply weapons, as unconfirmed reports cited a Venezuelan request for missiles, radars and aircraft.
- U.S. warships remain deployed near Venezuela, and recent strikes on small boats have left at least around 60 people dead since early September, drawing condemnation from the U.N. human rights chief as potential extrajudicial killings.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voiced concern about the U.S. military posture, urged dialogue, and said the issue will be discussed at a forthcoming CELAC meeting.
- Venezuelan officials escalated rhetoric, with Diosdado Cabello accusing Trinidad and Tobago of fronting for U.S. actions and Foreign Minister Yván Gil claiming EU humanitarian funds fail to reach the public and are diverted by intermediaries and NGOs.