Elif Şanlı – Yeni Şafak Nov 1, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reached out to Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran in a bid to strengthen his country’s military capacity amid a growing U.S. presence in the Caribbean. Internal U.S. intelligence documents reported by The Washington Post indicate that Caracas is seeking new defense partnerships to rebuild its air and radar systems and to potentially acquire missile technology.
Letters to Putin and Xi signal deepening alliances
According to the leaked records, Maduro sent formal letters to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month. In his message to Putin, delivered by Transport Minister Ramón Celestino Velásquez during a visit to Moscow, Maduro reportedly asked for support to repair Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter jets, overhaul engines and radars, and provide missile components. He also sought a three-year financing plan through Rostec, Russia’s state defense firm.
A separate letter to Xi Jinping called for “expanded military cooperation” in light of increasing U.S.-Venezuela tensions. Maduro urged Beijing to accelerate the production and delivery of radar detection systems, arguing that U.S. actions in the Caribbean threaten not only Venezuela but also China’s geopolitical interests.
Military cooperation with Iran expands
The same U.S. documents suggest that Venezuela has intensified its defense ties with Iran. Minister Velásquez reportedly arranged the delivery of drones and other surveillance equipment from Tehran, including “passive detection systems” and “GPS jammers.” Venezuelan officials allegedly requested long-range drones capable of reaching up to 1,000 kilometers, reflecting their intent to upgrade reconnaissance and defensive operations.
U.S. operations in the Caribbean heighten pressure
Washington has carried out multiple strikes against what it calls “drug-trafficking vessels” leaving Venezuelan waters, killing at least 61 people since September. The U.S. has not provided public evidence for these claims, while Maduro has denounced them as “acts of aggression.” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed “serious concern” over the growing U.S. presence in the region, emphasizing that Venezuela’s sovereignty must be respected under international law.
Venezuela’s aging arsenal and modernization efforts
Despite years of economic hardship, Maduro continues to focus on military upgrades. Defense experts note that most of Venezuela’s Russian-made aircraft and missile systems have become outdated, with fewer than five Sukhoi jets believed to be operational by 2018. Still, Maduro recently announced the nationwide deployment of 5,000 Russian-manufactured Igla-S portable air-defense systems, signaling his determination to reinforce Venezuela’s defenses even under sanctions.
Two boys charged for insulting a rabbi in an antisemitic attack
The Metropolitan Police, who released CCTV images of the two suspects, said the boys, aged 14 and 15,
had shouted ” hey ya dirty jew” and stuck up one finger, had handed themselves in last Tuesday.
In another case police hunt 2 schoolboys who poked out their tongues and made faces at a rabbi
while going past in a school bus, the rabbi was said to be afraid and upset
Hate crimes such as this are on the increase, Kier Starmer said every effort would be made to stamp them out
Donald Trump is Soul or Individualized Spirit. If he attacks a sovereign nation with a democratically elected leader and kills a multiplicity of innocent people in order to stop BRICS and take control over the country’s natural resources, at the very least, his Soul, after the death of his current body, will be judged harshly by Cosmic Law.
Let me reiterate for those who cannot perceive what I am attempting to communicate. Donald Trump is not a body; he is Soul or Spirit and his true Father is God. Bodies, designed to live for approximately 100 years, are mere instruments for the manifestation of the real substratum which exists within all of us.
We are all Spirits or children of the Greatest One among us, and we must all comply with Cosmic Law or face the consequences for failing to do so. That is Truth that cannot reasonably be disputed or refuted.
I can sympathize with Mr. Trump, for as a great Master once said as he himself was being tortured: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” The president of the United States, not knowing what he is doing, is likely unaware of the existence of the Dark Ether, which is, by the way, one of the worst judgments that can be rendered by Cosmic Law in the after-death environment of the Cosmos.
Of course, Cosmic Law is both just and fair, for it possesses every action Mr. Trump has taken since he suited up in his current body. In rendering a judgment on Mr. Trump, Cosmic Law will consider every act, every deed Mr. Trump has engaged in. I surmise he (again Soul) will likely be assigned to the Dark Ether for an indefinite period of time where he will suffer interminable nightmares.
Only Father can remove the seeds of murder present in Mr. Trump’s subconsciousness and super-consciousness. In order for Father to render mercy upon Mr. Trump (again Soul), he would need to repent of his sins (karmas), humbly request forgiveness, and believe strongly that Father will grant such a request At that point, it would simply be up to Father to forgive his truant, highly ignorant child.