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Shop NowVenezuela’s illegitimate ruler, Nicolás Maduro, has “agreed to meet” with Special Envoy Richard Grenell. Trump’s personal diplomatic liaison is conducting his first sensitive mission, on the ground in Caracas. He’s the closest thing America’s ever had to a “James Bond.” The White House strongly urges the Latin American dictator to “heed” his message. The glitterati leader won’t like the consequences of ignoring it.
Maduro gets the word
Nicolás Maduro managed to get himself sworn in as leader of Venezuela for another 6-year term, “despite the controversial July 28, 2024, elections the opposition also claims to have won.” Network media in the U.S. are grudgingly reporting that “Richard Grenell landed Friday in Caracas presumably to participate in the return of a group of Venezuelan deportees.”
They’re afraid to tell the whole story but we got details from MercoPress.
Recently, Maduro threw a little temper tantrum over a couple planeloads of deported Venezuelan criminals. He waited until the planes were enroute before denying permission to land.
President Trump instantly slapped him with a 25 percent tariff and he quickly backed down. There hasn’t been any confirmation that the tariff has been lifted, though. Trump may leave it in place until he’s sure he has the dictator’s full attention.
While Richard Grenell is certain to touch on that subject while he’s there, that’s not why he went. The U.S. media won’t tell you the real story. Americans are being held hostage in Venezuela by “the Bolivarian regime.” Trump wants them back. Now.
His envoy is expected to remind Maduro that there’s already a U.S. price on his head. Other “Bolivarian officials” earned a similar bounty, “said to be linked to drug trafficking.”
Kiss Chevron goodbye
If Maduro doesn’t get with the program and give his full and total cooperation, right now, Chevron will be yanked out of his economy. So fast, it will make his head spin.
As the South Atlantic news agency relates, “other topics of interest between the United States and Venezuela include the so-called ‘license 41‘ issue, which allows Chevron to carry out crude oil exploitation activities, which Trump said would be reviewed.” The review would recommend pulling the plug.
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth issued a statement whining that if they’re forced out, “China and Russia will gain influence in the OPEC nation.” That’s no big deal, Grenell grins. There are ways of dealing with that issue. Maduro is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
“Diplomacy is back,” Grenell posted on social media. That’s why he’s the one who’s there “demanding the return of the Americans held hostage in that country.” Around 10 U.S. nationals, including a Navy SEAL, were involved in a little attempt “to destabilize the country.”
Trump’s special envoy to Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone told the press that “Grenell was in Venezuela on a ‘very specific mission‘ that in no way detracts from the Trump administration’s goal of restoring democracy.”
The American hostages must be released quickly. “I would urge the Maduro government,” Claver-Carone warns, “to heed special envoy Ric Grenell’s message. Ultimately there will be consequences otherwise.“
