"Geopolitics are being reduced to videos lasting just a few minutes. Social media has surpassed traditional media, not only in the speed with which it is created and shared, but also in its ability to frame our reality. People have the illusion of knowing what is happening and why within just a few hours-or less-of major world events. But reality is more complicated."
"In the early hours of January 3, the United States attacked Venezuela. The sky thundered over Caracas with multiple explosions. Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that 32 Cuban soldiers died in combat during the US intervention. The attacks caused at least 80 deaths among other military personnel and civilians, according to reporting from The New York Times. The attack included the capture of president Nicolás Maduro, who was transferred to New York to be tried for narcoterrorism conspiracy and other charges."
"Hours later, US president Donald Trump said he would run the South American country until there was a transition he considered satisfactory. At the same time, he said, US oil companies would revive the Venezuelan oil industry. Later, from Caracas, Venezuela's vice president Delcy Rodríguez called for Maduro's release, saying that the country "will never again be a slave or colony of any empire." Maduro, meanwhile, slept in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he had been transferred after his capture."
On January 3 the United States attacked Venezuela, producing explosions over Caracas, the capture of president Nicolás Maduro, and reported fatalities including 32 Cuban soldiers and at least 80 other deaths. Maduro was transferred to New York to face narcoterrorism and related charges. US president Donald Trump declared he would run Venezuela until a transition he deemed satisfactory and said US oil companies would revive the Venezuelan oil industry. Venezuela's vice president Delcy Rodríguez demanded Maduro's release, asserting national independence. Social media rapidly framed public perception with short videos, creating an illusion of immediate understanding while obscuring the conflict's complexity and signaling renewed direct US military involvement in Latin America.
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