Joe Pags - 1/5/26

Maduro Bragged That Iranian Air-Defense Systems Would Protect Venezuela — Days Before His Capture

In the days leading up to his dramatic capture by U.S. forces, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro publicly boasted that advanced air-defense systems supplied by Iran would safeguard Venezuela against foreign military intervention. In a televised interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, Maduro claimed that the country’s integrated defensive network — which he said included systems […]

Dems Defend Notorious Dictator: Party Fundraises in Protest of Maduro’s Capture

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is reportedly raising funds in protest of what they describe as the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s government, Breitbart reports, after Nicolás Maduro, the country’s illegitimate socialist dictator, and his wife, Cilia Flores were captured by United States forces. An email circulated by the disgruntled DNC quotes, “Another day, another […]

Maduro’s Nightmare Begins: Inside NYC’s Brutal Prison Holding the Fallen Dictator and His Wife

Nicolas Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have been placed in separate solitary confinement cells within the notoriously harsh Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, far from the general population, following their sudden capture by U.S. forces in Caracas early Saturday, the New York Post reports. Outside the facility, heavily armed officers in combat […]