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Venezuela Newsletter for 2026-01-27 ( 8 items )  
Center for European Policy Analysis Posts Commentary: Key Theme of Davos 2026? Ice (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * The Key Theme of Davos 2026? Ice The Trump reality show barreled into the Swiss Alps with a roar that drowned out critical developments in Ukraine and Iran. By Matthew Kaminski Comparing notes with a fellow journalist on the last night of this year's Davos extravaganza, it was clear that from a professional point of view, this had been the most fun and interesting either on more PR

Department of Justice: Investigation Into International 'ATM Jackpotting' Scheme and Tren De Aragua Results in Additional Indictment and 87 Total Charged Defendants (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Investigation into International "ATM Jackpotting" Scheme and Tren de Aragua results in Additional Indictment and 87 Total Charged Defendants A federal grand jury in the District of Nebraska returned an additional indictment charging 31 individuals for their roles in a large conspiracy to deploy malware and steal millions of dollars from ATMs in the United States, a crime commonly referred to as "AT more PR

Global operation safeguards 4,400 potential trafficking victims, detects 13,000 irregular migrants (10)
LYON, France, Jan. 26 -- INTERPOL issued the following news: * * * Global operation safeguards 4,400 potential trafficking victims, detects 13,000 irregular migrants * LYON, France - A global operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the safeguarding of 4,414 potential victims of human trafficking and the detection of 12,992 irregular migrants across 119 countries. Operation Liberterra III (10 to 21 November 2025) saw the arrest of 3,744 suspects, including more than 1,800 for human tra more PR

Jamestown Foundation Posts Commentary: Georgia Hopes to Reverse Venezuela's Recognition of Occupied Territories (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Georgia Hopes to Reverse Venezuela's Recognition of Occupied Territories By Nino Lezhava Executive Summary: * Venezuela is among a small group of states--alongside Syria, Russia, Nicaragua, and Nauru--that recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia's territories occupied by Russia, as independent countries in 2009. * Tbilisi has an opportunity to convin more PR

Lujan Statement on Senate Republicans Voting to Block Consideration of War Powers Resolution (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Senate Republicans Voting to Block Consideration of War Powers Resolution * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of a bipartisan War Powers Resolution that earned bipartisan support last week : "Just last week, the Senate voted with bipartisan support to advance a war power more PR

Ohio State: Venezuela-focused Panel Discusses Shift in American Foreign Policy (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Venezuela-focused panel discusses shift in American foreign policy Ohio State scholars share expertise on developing situation * National security scholars at The Ohio State University are noticing a change in tone and rhetoric in the way the United States is conducting foreign policy following the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. "It's a paradigm shift about even how the U.S. described this ac more PR

Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommittee Sets Jan. 29 Hearing on Assessing Coast Guard Force Laydown on Heels of Historic Investment (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The Fleet We Funded: Assessing Coast Guard Force Laydown on the Heels of Historic Investment" at 10 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2026, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building: This hearing will examine how the record $25 billion investment from the Working Families Tax Cut Act and the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 is suppo more PR

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sets Jan. 28 Hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela" at 10 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2026, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses 1. The Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. * * * Original text here: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-policy-towards-venezuela more PR