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the country was willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, a dialogue on any topic, but without pressure or preconditions.

Shell is considering fossil fuel investments in Venezuela worth billions of dollars, according to its chief executive. Wael Sawan said Europe's largest oil company is weighing plans for production projects off the Venezuelan coast that could begin yielding gas in the next couple of years. These are opportunities that could potentially be activated within months, he told CNBC, adding that the company was now awaiting approvals.

"Don't go!" more than one voice could be heard shouting in the packed Teatro Colón on January 24. The plea was in response to Colombian senator María José Pizarro Rodríguez's declaration that Colombia's President Gustavo Petro would be traveling to the White House on February 3 "in an act of courage." While the popular Pacto Histórico senator was mostly met with cheers and chants of the Chilean protest song, " El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,"

In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 3, the roar of bombs dropping from the sky announced the US military attack on Venezuela, waking the sleeping residents of La Carlota, in Caracas, a neighborhood adjacent to the air base that was a target of Operation Absolute Resolve. Marina G.'s first thought, as the floors, walls, and windows of her second-story apartment shook, was that it was an earthquake.

Although conciliatory, he reveals a persistent unease with a segment of the opposition that, he says, has judged him harshly. Capriles, an opposition leader, former mayor, former governor, and former presidential candidate, is concerned that the new political moment spoken of by interim president Delcy Rodriguez results in nothing more than an oil deal. He insists that without trustworthy institutions and freedoms, elections will change nothing.

He noted that the interim leaders of the South American country will submit "a budget" every month of what they need funded. "The funds from that (oil sales) will be deposited into an account that we will have oversight over," Rubio said, adding that the U.S. Treasury would control the process. Venezuela, he said, "will spend that money for the benefit of the Venezuelan people."

Turmoil in Minneapolis and the unprecedented friction within NATO over President Trump's effort to secure control over Greenland have, predictably, displaced headlines about Venezuela in much of the daily press. But there have been at least a number of important statements from the U.S. and one disturbing statement, reportedly, by Venezuela's interim president since the U.S. apprehended Maduro and his wife.

The Discombobulator. I'm not allowed to talk about it.

House lawmakers voted 215-215 on H.Con.Res.68 - introduced last month by Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) - which "directs the president to remove US armed forces from Venezuela unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted." Unlike in the Senate, where the vice president casts tie-breaking votes, a deadlock in the House means the legislation does not pass.

We have weapons that nobody knows about, and I say it's probably good not to talk about them, but we have some amazing weapons. That was an amazing attack. Don't forget, that house was in the middle of a fort, an army base, a big one, a lot of soldiers, and they came in and they did their job. We lost nobody.

Just two GOP lawmakers - Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Don Bacon (Neb.) - ultimately voted in favor of the resolution, led by Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.). The vote was 215-215, failing on a tie. It comes just a week after the White House successfully thwarted a similar resolution in the Senate, peeling off enough GOP support to block its advancement.