Pentagon intelligence chief makes official visit to Caracas

The Daily Journal. — Bradley Hansell, intelligence chief at the U.S. Department of War, made an official visit to Venezuela over the weekend as part of a regional security tour that also included Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and senior adviser […]

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Pentagon plans to acquire 35% stake in oil company with rights to 17 Venezuelan fields, WSJ reports

The Daily Journal. — The U.S. Department of War plans to acquire a 35% non-controlling stake in a private company that holds rights to develop oil fields in Venezuela, a move that would mark an unusual expansion of the U.S. government’s direct involvement in an energy project in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported […]

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Pentagon Intelligence Changes Plans for Venezuela

Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/02cbhnwd Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief .— Venezuela has for years ranked among the permanent strategic priorities of the U.S. intelligence community. For the National Security Agency, this means continuous, multidimensional monitoring of the country that goes far beyond ad hoc responses to political or humanitarian crises. The objective of this […]

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