Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by hubraumhugo on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:47AM (#46474678)

Politics aside: If this is all true and was a snatch and grab, it will go down as one of the most impressive military operations in the 21st century.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by olalonde on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:00AM (#46474781)

Sky News reports that it might have been a "negotiated exit". https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2007391354884894820

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by christophilus on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:41AM (#46475080)

Yeah. Maduro was pretty clear he wanted a deal. I’d believe this angle.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by paganholiday on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:23AM (#46474956)

You can't really put politics aside when the US was obviously dangling the return of the Monroe doctrine for Ukraine. Let's see what that "deal" looks like.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by skibidithink on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:01AM (#46474796)

It'd be in stark contrast to Russia's attempted decapitation strike.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by ErneX on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:04AM (#46474821)

imo this was negotiated, we need more details

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by rvz on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:53AM (#46474735)

and if nobody was killed.

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