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POTENTIAL #NATO DEPLOYMENT TO #GREENLAND: European allies are discussing the possibility of sending NATO troops to Greenland to bolster Arctic security amid fears that Trump may illegally seize the territory. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/10/starmer-could-send-troops-to-greenland-after-trump-threats/

The Telegraph

Starmer could send troops to Greenland to ease Trump’s security fears

European allies in talks to deploy force to counter growing threat from Chinese and Russian militaries

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

CARACAS, #Venezuela – José Bodas says you could blindfold him, place him anywhere inside the Puerto La Cruz oil refinery, and he’d know exactly where he was.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

Workers like José have kept Venezuela’s #oil industry alive, an industry based on what makes up about a fifth of the world’s crude oil reserves.

José was asleep on January 3 when his phone rang at around 3 a.m. It was a friend, informing him that the U.S. had struck #Caracas.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

#Trump framed the offshore strikes and rising tensions as a fight against drug trafficking and criminal networks. But he has since claimed the right to seize oil – and its revenues – from the Venezuelan government.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

There are major geopolitical implications, including for #Ukraine. Russia’s close ties to #Venezuela – and its dependence on oil revenues to fund its war effort – means that Russia will suffer from the latest changes.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

The U.S. has seized at least five oil tankers from the region, one of which was Russian-flagged, since the beginning of December. Last year, most Venezuelan crude oil went to #China, while #Cuba, #Iran and Russia all received imports, too.

Tim Mak

@timkmak@journa.host replied · 12 hours ago

To understand the human cost of a collapsing oil industry, and the fight for a free Venezuela, read the full story via the link.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/inside-venezuelas-oil-refineries

Inside Venezuela’s oil refineries

With eyes on Venezuela and its oil reserves, a veteran refinery worker reflects the human cost of black gold; on labor rights, repression, and foreign intervention.

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