WTF?
The #Trump admin “captured” #Venezuela President Nicolás #Maduro & his wife & flew him out of the country in an insane nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating pressure on the #oil-rich #SouthAmerica nation.
The US is now deciding next steps for Venezuela, Trump said Saturday on Fox News, adding, “We’ll be involved in it very much.”
The legal authority for the attack was not clear. [there is none]
I listened to the whole press conference given by Trump on his invasion of Venezuela and unprovoked abduction of a sitting president to fetch the nation's oil. Not a single question by journalists was posed to challenge the legality of the action. If power isn't challenged, there isn't freedom of the press. Trump isn't more democratic than Maduro, he's less so.
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"Canada has a long history of defending the international rule of law. We are now dealing with a regime that will kill people in the water, seize ships on the high seas, invade other countries, and kidnap their leaders. All bets are off.
This is the age of gangsters. And Canada must be ready to rise to the threat."
charlieangus.substack.com/p/ve…
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.Charlie Angus / The Resistance
@driusan In 2004, Canadian special forces Joint Task Force 2 secured the international airport in Port-au-Prince so the US could kidnap Haiti's democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, overthrow their gov, and permanently cripple Haitian sovereignty for the next 2 decades. Ditto Libya. Ditto ...
There's not much Canada can say in rebuke.
@doomscroller.social @the5thColumnist
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Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case - The Beaverton
thebeaverton.com/2026/01/mark-…
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for no particular reason whatsoever".Brigid Klyne-Simpson (The Beaverton)
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Okay, *one* last release for Android 5 users.
#Catima 2.41.2 is out
github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…
The barcode encoding feature added in Catima 2.41.0 caused a very minor change in how barcodes where generated, which for some users led to failures to use their cards (github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…). This is now fixed by slightly changing how automatic mode works.
Coming soon to an app store near you.
#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay
QR code card added to Catima prior to v2.41, referring to https://xtra.colruytgroup.be/xtra/qr/961198520459603760316514. Was working fine until v2.40.x (scanned OK at the cash desk) Using v2.41.1, ...se-te (GitHub)
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So, I had a cartoon character moment this morning.
I was shaking an old container of cayenne powder to make sure it hadn't clumped up, and a fine mist escaped and sent me into a sneezing fit the likes of which I have never had before. Just one right after the other in rapid succession.
At some point I just started laughing at the absurdity of it. Even after it reached my eyes (although it wasn't as bad as cutting onions).
Basically, today I learned that the absolute sneezing fits people in old cartoons have when someone sticks black pepper under their noses is real.
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RE: chaos.social/@omidz4t/11582763…
We support folks who in turn support friends and family in #Iran, to provide resilient private chatting. #deltachat is running pretty reliably and well so far. See also chaos.social/@delta/1158087058…
Attached: 1 image While people are protesting in Iran, I am trying to be their voice. I want to say that these suffering people are in danger of a complete internet shutdown.chaos.social
Iran may be on the verge of Internet shutdowns again. If you have friends or family in #Iran, now is the time to let them onboard for example with tiiiz.ir -- because using in-country servers helps to stay connected. If you need support for setting up a relay in or for Iran, send us a DM and we'll see to connect you with other knowledgeable operators.
با آرزوی فردایی بهتر...
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Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.Mohammed Haddad (Al Jazeera)
RE: mstdn.social/@Free_Press/11582…
Happy New Year of International Law Violations 😥
Attached: 1 video TRUMP BOMBS CITY! Power outages in CARACAS, VENEZUELA as Trump bombs the city. US Helicopters dropping US Paratroopers into the city! #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNew…Aure Free Press :verified: (Mastodon 🐘)
This has been a reliable "side-channel" indicator of US military activity.
Pizzato Pizza, a late night pizzeria nearby the Pentagon, has suddenly surged in traffic.
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Goodfood's licence suspended by Canadian Food Inspection Agency
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/go…
"Disruptors" skirting the law. No shock here.
just to clarify about regulations:
There are some regulations big tech love because despite costing them, it's insignificant compared to the barrier of entry that they create for new entrants.
Regulations must be weighed.
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"We are gonna run it", says Trump about Venezuela, after Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has been abducted from Caracas by the US military.
Trump explains, that Venezuela has not been pumping enough oil, but this will change as the US is taking over.
We went from "Canada should be the 51st state" to "we are gonna run Venezuela" in months.
Who needs enemies, when any country can be invaded by the USA, whenever the Trump regime wants it's resources?
Is Greenland next?
From AppleVis: Vox libri is available for iOS
Hi everyone,
I’m happy to share that my new iPhone reading app, Vox Libri, has just been released on the App Store. It’s built specifically to offer a comfortable,
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What Vox Libri does
• Read your way: on-screen reading, braille display support, or high-quality text-to-speech.
• A reading screen you can truly tailor: font, size, spacing, colors, and themes.
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• On-device AI features (when supported by your device): translation, summarization, and simplification.
• Full English and Spanish support across the interface and reading experience.
If you’re interested, you can check it out here:
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If you try it, I’d really value feedback from this community—especially around VoiceOver/braille workflow, navigation, and anything that could be improved
for real-world reading.
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Download Vox libri by Jonatan Chacon Barbero on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Vox libri.App Store
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“Open Me Carefully.” Emily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
"A Look Inside the Poet’s Personal Life and the Making of Her Mythical Reclusiveness"
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Books by Dickinson at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99…
Emily Dickinson died in 1886, and her poems were not introduced to the reading public until 1890, when editors Thomas Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd released the first edition of Poems by Emily Di…Literary Hub
The Kuloran Players show you around their residence, and they’ve got unwanted company! Listen to a new early gameplay demo for our audio MMO in development, Kirandur, and get some insight into our team spirit!
Listen through the pub: audiopub.site/listen/fe33cdd7-…
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The 2010's was all about ISIS
The 2020's is all about ICE-US
Yep, shure is. This is a quote from the @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com liveblog on the ongoing story in Venezuela: "■ Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it is “extremely alarmed” and called for “immediate clarification,” according to a statement posted S…Universeodon Social Media
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in reply to Nonilex • • •US AG #PamBondi said #Maduro & his wife would face charges after an indictment in New York. Bondi vowed in a social media post that the couple would “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
#Trump announced the developments on Truth Social shortly after 4:30AM ET & said he would host a news conference at 11AM ET.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump brushed off criticism from US Democratic lawmakers that he did not seek permission from #Congress ahead of time & that the strike was #illegal. He called his Democratic critics “weak, stupid people” & blamed his political opponents for inflation in the US.
He said the operation in #Venezuela was “really genius.”
“All they do is complain,” he said of the #Democrats.
#law #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“They should say, ‘Great job.’ They shouldn’t say, ‘Oh Gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’ You know, the same old stuff that we’ve been hearing for years & years & years,” #Trump said who very likely has never read the #US #Constitution.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump told FauxNews that #Maduro & his wife were aboard the US warship Iwo Jima & headed to NY, where they will face prosecution.
🚨Trump said in an interview Saturday morning that the #US will be making decisions on what is next for #Venezuela.🚨
“We can’t take a chance in letting somebody else run and just take over what he left, or left off.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Venezuelan ruling party leader Nahum Fernández told The Associated Press that Nicolás #Maduro & his wife were at their home within the Ft. Tiuna military installation when they were captured.
“That’s where they bombed,” he said. “And, there, they carried out what we could call a kidnapping of the president & the first lady of the country.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#EU foreign policy chief #KajaKallas wrote on X that she had spoken with #US Secy of State #MarcoRubio & the EU ambassador in Caracas. “The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr #Maduro lacks legitimacy & has defended a peaceful transition. Under all circumstances, the principles of #InternationalLaw & the #UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.”
Meaningless ⤴︎
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Spain PM #PedroSánchez called for “de-escalation & responsibility. #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UnitedNations Charter must be respected,” Sánchez wrote on X.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Russia Foreign Ministry said it is “extremely alarmed” & called for “immediate clarification,” acc/to a statement posted Saturday on the ministry’s Telegram channel. The ministry said such actions, if confirmed, would constitute “an unacceptable infringement on the #sovereignty of an #independent #state.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Britain PM #KeirStarmer said the #UK was not involved in the #US operation in #Venezuela and that he would seek more information from #Trump. Without condemning the US action, #Starmer said he always believes that #InternationalLaw should be upheld. “But I think at this stage, fast moving situation, let’s establish the facts & take it from there,” he said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#China strongly condemned the #US strike in #Venezuela & the action against its president, the Foreign Ministry said, adding the Beijing govt was “deeply shocked” & firmly opposed to the operation.
“Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate #InternationalLaw & Venezuela’s #sovereignty & threaten #peace & #security in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean region,” it said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#China called on the #US to comply with #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UN Charter, urging it to stop violating the #sovereignty & #security of other nations.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #UnitedNations said it was “deeply alarmed” by the #US strikes in #Venezuela & the reported detention of President Nicolás #Maduro. It expressed concern the escalation was a violation of #InternationalLaw.
“These developments constitute a
dangerous precedent,” Stéphane Dujarric, spox for the #UN sec-gen, said. Dujarric said the UN worried about the implications for #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean & called on “all actors in Venezuela” to respect #HumanRights & the rule of #law.
#Trump #oil
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#US #DOJ released a new #indictment of #Maduro & wife
Maduro & other #Venezuela ofcls were indicted in 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges. The DOJ released a new indictment Saturday of Maduro & his wife for alleged role in #narcoterrorism #conspiracy.
#PamBondi said Maduro & his wife, Cilia Flores, would “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #MaduroIndictment [for which the #US has no authority]
The #indictment accuses #Maduro of leading a “a corrupt, illegitimate government that, for decades, has leveraged government power to protect & promote illegal activity, including drug trafficking.” #DOJ alleges that the drug trafficking efforts “enriched & entrenched Venezuela’s political & military elite.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#US #DOJ alleges that #Maduro partnered with “some of the most violent & prolific drug traffickers & narco-terrorists in the world” to bring “tons” of cocaine into the US, acc/to the #indictment.
The DOJ estimates that as much as 250 tons of cocaine were trafficked through #Venezuela by 2020 [start date?], acc/to the indictment.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #MaduroIndictment #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Here is the unsealed 25 page #MaduroIndictment
justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/…
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Trump about to speak
c-span.org/event/white-house-e…
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #MaduroIndictment #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Pres. Trump Holds News Conference on U.S. Airstrikes Against Venezuela
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #Venezuela mission to the #UN has requested an emergency #Security Council [#UNSC] meeting & has asked the Council to condemn the #US military strikes against the country.
Venezuela’s ambassador, Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, said in a letter to the UNSC president: “The United States of America always uses lies to fabricate wars. It is an international #tyranny imposed with the #propaganda of death: the recent past confirms this.”
#law #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#MaríaCorinaMachado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, posted a statement calling for national unity following the capture of Nicolás #Maduro.
“Given his refusal to accept a negotiated exit, the government of the United States has fulfilled its promise to enforce the law,” she wrote. “We have struggled for years, we have given it our all, & it has been worth it. What had to happen is happening.”
Her support is unsurprising.
#law #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Machado added that #EdmundoGonzález, who the #US has recognized as Venezuela’s President-elect, must “immediately” take office & be recognized as the country’s commander of the armed forces.
“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate & take power,” Machado said. “We are going to restore order, release the political prisoners, build an exceptional country, & bring our children back home.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Sick
#Trump posted a photo on social media showing #Maduro wearing a sweatsuit & a blindfold with the caption: “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.”
Maduro appeared to be wearing a flotation device around his neck. Next to him was someone wearing a jacket that had a DEA logo.
Maduro also had protective headphones on his ears & appeared to be lifting a water bottle with both arms to drink
#law #Congress #WarPowers #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •This picture violates #InternationalLaw. It is illegal to use pictures of prisoners for #propaganda.
#GenevaConventions #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“We are going to run the country,” #Trump said of #Venezuela. He said he did not want the #Maduro regime to continue with another leader.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump put no time limit on the #US #occupation. It would be up to the #UnitedStates to decide when to return the country to Venezulan control. And then he turned to #oil, saying that US companies would fix the infrastructure, “& start making money for the country.” [doubt any will go to Venezuelans]
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump referred to a “partnership” between #Venezuela & the #UnitedStates, which he said would make Venezuelans “rich, independent & safe.” Of course, this was a partnership accomplished by a #GovernmentOverthrow.
BTWs Trump’s asides about #DC, #NOLA, & #LA are total bullshit. No murder in NOLA & DC since his illegal intervention? Flat out lies.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Now he’s back to insane asylums sending mental patients to the #US.
The man does not know the difference between “seeking asylum” & an “insane asylum”. #Trump is such a fucking moron.
#law #immigration #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump has offered NO details about what the #US running #Venezuela looks like. Will there be an US official there in a leadership position?
As he justifies the #military operation, Trump argued that #Maduro sent members of Tren de Aragua to the US to terrorize the US. Trump’s own #intelligence community earlier this year debunked that claim, finding that the gang was not controlled by the Venezuelan govt.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •In declaring that the #US will be “running” #Venezuela, #Trump has raised a host of questions: Will the US have an occupying #military force? Will it install a pliant government for some number of years? Will it run the #courts, & determine who pumps the #oil? All of this, of course, could enmesh the US in the kind of “forever wars” Trump’s #MAGA base has rejected.
Trump spoke about bringing in US oil companies to remake the #energy infrastucture &, presumably, to exploit oil reserves.
#law
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump looks like he’s falling #asleep on his feet as Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff describes the mission. I’m waiting for him to fall over.
#unfit
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in reply to Nonilex • • •When asked how much running #Venezuela, potentially for years, will cost, #Trump said: “It won’t cost us anything.”
His claim that the #US won’t have to spend any money because it will be “reimbursed” by the #oil the US will take “out of the ground” is a total fantasy.
This will cost the US billions.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The news conference is over. Despite multiple questions about how #Venezuela will be run, no details were provided.
#Trump repeatedly said “we’re gonna do” this & “we’re gonna do” that, but never gave info about HOW.
There were vague allusions to #MarcoRubio & Pete #Hegseth & a “group” but no specifics.
This is nuts.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw