Max Blumenthal : Venezuela & Cuba

with Judge Napolitano.

Broad overview (Iran, Netanyahu, Bondi Barbie) and then the situation in Cuba and Venezuela.

‘The Venezuelan government has been kidnapped and is doing everything at the point of a gun. Trump is imposing a Gaza-style siege on Cuba.

What we’re witnessing is a mafia in action.’

Venezuela will endure. Unfortunately decent commentators are losing their minds and we get this kind of shallow thinking.

Venezuela inconvenient truths…
Expecting Venezuela soon reestablishing a relationship with Israel.

Here is a message I received from a friend journalist on the ground, from a hard core Chavista > https://t.co/iUo7gRJeY3 pic.twitter.com/zvPdMoiuQG

— Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 (@angeloinchina) February 13, 2026

The U.S. has effectively turned Venezuela into a hostage state, using control over its oil exports and revenue to force political change.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated:

“We will continue to control the sale of their oils and the flow of their funds until a representative government is stood up in Venezuela.”

Washington is openly tying Venezuela’s economic lifeline to regime change.