WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN? Russia Backs Maduro as Trump Orders “Total Blockade”

MOSCOW STEPS IN: Is the Caribbean about to become the next global flashpoint?

CARACAS, VENEZUELA — The ghost of the Cold War has returned to the Caribbean. In a high-stakes phone call on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged “full support” to Venezuela as the Trump administration deploys the largest naval armada in South American history. The move follows a series of lethal U.S. strikes and the high-seas seizure of the oil tanker “Skipper,” which was hauled to Galveston, Texas, by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Venezuela’s Yvan Gil has slammed the U.S. actions as “piracy” and “extrajudicial executions,” citing the deaths of over 100 people in U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats since September. With Russia and China backing Caracas, the UN Security Council is set to meet for an emergency session this Tuesday. Trump, however, isn’t backing down, vowing a “shock like nothing they have ever seen” until the Maduro regime returns “stolen” American assets.

The Controversy Everyone is Ignoring

Here is the Rage Trigger: While the world watches the tankers, they are ignoring the 100+ bodies piling up in the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. has been launching lethal “kinetic strikes” on small vessels for months, claiming they are drug traffickers—but local families say many were just fishermen.

The “Total Blockade” is essentially an act of war without a Congressional declaration. We are seizing foreign ships in international waters based on “Sanctioned Dark Fleet” designations. Is this a legitimate move to stop narcoterrorism, or is the U.S. military being used as a collection agency for oil companies that lost assets decades ago?

The Cold Hard Truth from the Insiders

Insiders at the Pentagon are reportedly calling this “Operation Southern Spear.” The Expert Roast? Some career diplomats are terrified that Trump is intentionally trying to provoke a Venezuelan military response to justify a full-scale invasion.

“The goal isn’t just stopping drugs,” one senior defense official leaked. “It’s about making Maduro ‘cry uncle’ by cutting off his only economic lifeline: oil.” Shocking fact: As of today, nearly 40 shadow fleet tankers are paralyzed in Venezuelan waters, too terrified to move as the USS Gerald R. Ford patrols the coast. If Russia starts escorting these tankers with their own warships, we aren’t just looking at a blockade—we’re looking at World War III in America’s backyard.