Why Venezuela Was the Move—and Taiwan Was the Message By now, the surface-level take has exhausted itself. Helicopters. Explosions. Maduro removed. Commentators arguing legality while anchors search for historical analogies. That layer is finished. What matters now is what this operation did to the global chessboard, particularly to China —and why Beijing should understand January 3, 2026, as a direct warning shot across the Taiwan Strait. This was not a regional cleanup. Thi

Welcome to 2026.We are no longer debating whether actions have consequences. We are watching the Find Out phase unfold at cruise missile speed. In the early hours of January 3rd, the United States executed the most aggressive foreign military action of the Trump era, striking Venezuelan military and infrastructure targets, decapitating the regime’s leadership, and transitioning seamlessly from kinetic warfare to federal criminal prosecution. The headline version: Nicolás Madu

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 – PRE-DAWN OPERATION SHAKES GLOBAL POWER STRUCTURE In a historic and unprecedented military operation , the United States carried out major strikes inside Venezuela early this morning. **President Donald J. Trump — now in his second term — has announced that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have been captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country  following the pre-dawn assault. AP News+1 Trump’s announcement , shared on social med

Date:  12 December 2025 Source:  OSINT imagery, flight tracking, maritime tracking, and publicly available defense reporting. Overview Recent open-source reporting and imagery indicate a significant increase in U.S. military activity under U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)  in the Caribbean region. The current posture reflects a shift from routine presence operations to a more robust, integrated force configuration  capable of rapid response, precision strike, and sustained su