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Since Donald Trump decided to capture Nicolas Maduro in early 2026, the biggest question has been why was Alejandro Betancourt chosen as the official White House, Department of State and Pentagon partner. This site has obtained Barbados official records that show Betancourt's proxies Andres Navarro Toledo and Michele Marasco were/are the public facing officers of North American Blue Energy Partners Inc (NABEP).
El Pais: "The heirs of Oswaldo Cisneros, once one of Venezuela’s richest men, received unusual news last April: strangers were touring their oil fields in the Orinoco Belt. On paper, they remained the legitimate operators of the assets, but it soon became clear that, even as those visits took place in plain sight, a plan was being put in motion to take the fields away from them.
The aftermath of mid terms is just starting to be felt. No mea culpas yet from the deranged man at the top, just some updates on his reflecting pool, but his lieutenants are already making moves. JD Vance came up with a hysterical "explanation" of why they lost. Not his opinion, but that of the smartest people he's ever met (?). Marco Rubio's TL on the other hand has been eerily quiet: got the kiss of death from Delcy's office boy the day prior to elections, and some minutes ago he put something up with the usual "The United States will not tolerate..." bullshit.
Races like the one in Kansas, that elected a Democrat Senator for the first time since 1932, are perhaps the best example of what we call "voto castigo", which is when the electorate sends a clear and unequivocal message to those in power. Donald Trump and his lackeys lack the ability to interpret correctly what happened yesterday, but it happened all the same and now comes reckoning.
Donald Trump once said: "I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect." See below, find anyone showing lack of respect for Maria Corina Machado. Chavista puppets, their Cuban American overlords, criminal "oil tsars" and their White House associates must be scratching their heads today. This is just the beginning. The piñata isn't gonna last 100 years.
Venezuelans with access to TV, internet and social media are incensed this morning, after seeing Alejandro Betancourt, for the first time on a nationwide broadcast, boasting about his "record-breaking" achievement in crude production: "...rompimos record de 115,000 barriles...todo constantemente rompiendo record..." In early June 2014, Hans Hertell (former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic) was offering 75,000 barrels/day to oil traders in the spot market on behalf of Betancourt.
Yesterday Venezuela's Identification Service (SAIME) put out a notice in social media, asking Venezuelans with IDs starting from 22 million to verify their data. Poor Eva Golinger is gonna have to go back to Caracas to provide proof that she's Venezuelan. Colombian narcoterrorist Rodrigo Granda and ETA terrorist Arturo Cubillas are probably booking flights too. Alex Saab and his narco partner German Rubio just missed the chance to get themselves verified. Delcy Rodriguez's way to promote tourism?
Alina Habba has been in the news lately for the incredibly expedite way in which she married Turham Mildon, a Turkish "entrepreneur" (partner of Alex Saab) that had a bunch of "legitimate" businesses in Venezuela. Then, there's the accusation made against Ric Grenell, erstwhile confidant of Trump, whereby Habba and her Turkish delight alleged that Grenell pocketed a $6 million donation to the Kennedy Center.
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