Juan Forero
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Juan Forero
@WSJForero
South America bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal. Before: journeyman journalist with NYT, Washington Post, Newark Star-Ledger and the late, great NY Newsday
Bogota, Colombia Katılım Ocak 2014
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Venezuela's new defense minister, Gustavo González López, is a sanctioned former intelligence chief accused of torture and human rights abuses. With Maduro's trial approaching at the end of the month, the power structure in Caracas is shifting fast.
Read the rest below for my insights, @wsjforero @WSJ.
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What a thread below on Denmark and its allies preparing to defend Greenland: The US attack on Venezuela also convinced the governments that "the official US is not functioning as usual,” which had to be taken into account in their threat assessments.
ChrisO_wiki@ChrisO_wiki
1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️
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In December, Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s stock portfolio got bigger as he bought shares in Chevron, the only US oil company producing in Venezuela. Days later, Trump attacked Venezuela, demanding better terms for US oil firms. And Chevron’s stock? It’s up. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/…
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U.S. forces are attempting to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by targeting Tehran’s ability to threaten the chokepoint: its launch sites, production capability and warehouses of missiles, drones and sea mines. wsj.com/world/iran-war…
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Meet the American-born capo now leading Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel:
Juan Carlos Valencia’s rise marks the formal crowning of the Valencia family dynasty at the head of the organization known for its paramilitary prowess and territorial conquest.
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Ahora que Vladimir Padrino está fuera, este es su balance: eficaz reprimiendo al pueblo; inservible en combate real.
A la hora clave, colapso total. Decenas de muertos, Maduro capturado, y ni una baja del otro lado.
Sin embargo, hizo mucho dinero.
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A little something about Venezuela’s new defense minister:
Gustavo González oversaw interrogations of unlawfully detained Americans in Venezuela, said Rick de la Torre, a retired CIA operations officer.
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Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez ousted Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino and replaced him with the sanctioned counterintelligence chief, Gustavo González, signaling continuity with a hard-line security apparatus despite her new relationship with the US. wsj.com/world/americas…
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Either no one is paying attention in DC or no one cares—and Venezuela’s leader, Delcy Rodriguez, knows it.
Meanwhile, commercial relations between the US and Venezuela continue.
Geoff Ramsey@GRamsey_LatAm
Not a good omen of the shifting power balance within #Venezuela's ruling party: Delcy just named Gustavo González López, believed to be a Diosdado loyalist, as her new defense minister. eltiempo.com/mundo/venezuel…
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Honored to win the Overseas Press Club’s Flora Lewis award 🏆 @opcofamerica for best commentary on international news — third time lucky after being a runner-up twice! From Greenland to China, these @WSJ pieces seek to explain the new world of raw power and imperial ambitions that is emerging from the ruins of the international order. opcofamerica.org/87th-annual-ov…
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“This is historic,” said Pedro Mendoza, a Venezuelan migrant in Bogotá, as he celebrated his country’s first championship in the tournament. “Doing it on the world stage is an incredible feeling, and against the U.S.? It’s priceless.” wsj.com/world/americas…
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Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region wsj.com/world/russia-i…
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About 200 Ukrainian military experts have arrived in the Gulf region to provide expertise on combating Iranian drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. wsj.com/livecoverage/i…
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Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One. wsj.com/world/middle-e…
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From Bogotá to Caracas to Miami, Venezuelans celebrated tonight after winning the World Baseball Classic wsj.com/world/americas…
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How can you not be romantic about baseball—on a night like this for Venezuela?
I mean, wow.
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Trump clearly doesn’t believe he’s bitten off more than he can chew. So on top of Venezuela and Iran, it’s now Cuba.
Trump says he’d be “having the honor of taking Cuba.” He added: “Whether I free it, take it. Think I could do anything I want with it.” wsj.com/world/cuban-re…
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