For now, belatedly, links to three reports: from Agencia EFE, Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press; others or headlines only are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (Scroll down for VENEZUELA 1-5-26 and for today’s MEDIA.) — MCM

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U.S. indictment no longer labels Maduro as head of ‘Cartel of the Suns.’ From EFE. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has removed references identifying Nicolás Maduro as the leader of the so-called Cartel of the Suns in a revised indictment, softening earlier claims while maintaining drug trafficking charges against the Venezuelan president. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same EFE report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM JAN. 5  Fifty-five Cuban, Venezuelan troops killed during Maduro capture: official tolls. From AFP. Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said on Sunday that Maduro’s presidential guard was largely wiped out “in cold blood” by U.S. troops who bombarded the capital and seized him from his home. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for AFP (with Le Parisien) report  in French, and HERE for headlines of others. Click HERE for Jan. 4 report from AP.

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