Adriano Mérola Marotta

Journalist & filmmaker.

Ciudad de México.

[Témoris Grecko @temoris]

Los colegas de @SinEmbargoMX reunieron algunas capturas de pantalla de la campaña de terror mediático desatada este domingo.

Todo esto son mentiras. @JavierAlatorre se montó el poder del canal de @RicardobSalinas (¿quién sigue viendo TV Azteca?). @PelonGomis y @JavierNegre, además, usaron imágenes claramente hechas con inteligencia artificial.

El país vivió un momento muy duro, con 25 miembros de la Guardia Nacional asesinados, que esta gente intentó explotar políticamente.

Y le dieron, para variar, munición a francotiradores trumpistas como @LauraLoomer, que se basa en lo que tuiteó @jorgegogdl y lo cita en un post con más de 10 millones de visualizaciones, 17 mil likes y 5 mil compartidos, más otros en los que sigue insistiendo en el tema.

Las fuerzas de seguridad tuvieron un gran éxito al eliminar, en dos localidades separadas por dos horas de carretera, al principal jefe criminal del país y a su lugarteniente.

Aunque la reacción del CJNG estaba prevista, parte de la población afectada critica la respuesta de las autoridades por insuficiente. Es importante señalar esto y exigir que sea atendido, porque difícilmente será la última vez que el crimen recurra a estas tácticas.

Pero defender a la sociedad no es mentir para aterrorizarla. Es oponerse a los mentirosos.

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Sin Embargo analizó la campaña de desinformación aquí: https://t.co/1vVPI8aQhs

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

I Love Boosters.
In Theaters May 22nd.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

The official teaser trailer for Boots Riley’s ‘I LOVE BOOSTERS’ has been released.

Starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle and Demi Moore.

In theaters on May 22.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Another angle of federal agents killing a Minnesota legal observer, which appears to come from the direction of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk.

Obtained by Drop Site News

[Julián Macías Tovar @JulianMaciasT]

Agentes ICE acaban de disparar a un ciudadano acabando con su vida después de pegarle puños y patadas.
Eran 10 contra 1.
Salvaje oeste.

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world

My English sub-titles 👇

[Francisco Rodríguez @frrodriguezc]

Venezuelan state-owned company PDVSA issues statement saying negotiations with US on oil sales will occur in framework similar to that of Chevron and other foreign companies. In those deals, Venezuela receives tax and royalty payments which it uses to fund public spending.

But then how do we interpret President Trump’s statement that proceeds from oil sales "will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States”?

Proceeds from oil sales generate either oil company profits or taxes and royalties for the Venezuelan government. Which of these is President Trump planning to control?

One possibility is that the US is trying to set up an oil-for-essentials–type arrangement, in which the Venezuelan government’s take is deposited in a special fund that is then disbursed for Venezuelan imports under US authorization. This would be very similar to the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program, except that instead of the United Nations, it would be overseen by the US government and US authorities.

The other possibility is that President Trump is planning to take control of oil company profits to ensure that they are redirected towards investment in the country's oil industry. That would amount to the US nationalizing its own companies’ oil investments in Venezuela—quite a remarkable turn. It would be hard to see any oil companies buying into that deal (unless, that is, the Trump administration plans to compensate them with massive subsidies).

The most likely scenario seems to be that there is a deal for US companies to invest in Venezuela to raise production and receive the proceeds from oil sales, with Venezuela receiving its tax and royalty take. It is worth bearing in mind that this is exactly what Venezuela was doing before the US imposed sanctions on its oil industry during the first Trump administration.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

It seems that the US is intent on "governing Venezuela" by controlling its oil exports, effectively using its stranglehold on the country's economy to force Delcy Rodríguez (a Maduro loyalist) to accept US dictats on oil investment and its privatisation, or face all-out war.

[anarcarural 🐂🇪🇸 @anarcarural]

Hoy nacera un venezolano llamado Deltafors Donaltrom Vasques

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

She says there is only one president of Venezuela, and that is Nicolás Maduro, while holding a copy of the Venezuelan constitution, declaring martial law, calling on LatAm unity.

She makes no mention of the Trump press conf.

Expect more US bombing campaigns, I guess.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

NOW: Delcy Rodríguez, vice-president of Venezuela, along with its "national defense council" is demanding the release of Maduro, vowing to defend the country's sovereignty against slavery and colonialism, with popular mobilisation.

No mention of US collaboration. What now? War?

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

25 page indictment but no mention of fentanyl or stolen oil. Search it for yourself.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Trump says that Maria Corina Machado does not have the support in Venezuela to run the country, and that she will not be involved in governing the occupation.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Trump says that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez will run the country with Marco Rubio.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

The US will have boots on the ground in Venezuela. This operation is being paid for by US oil companies. Donald Trump is explicitly making this about oil and about foreign domination.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Donald Trump's speech. It's a warning to all Latin Americans. He says it could happen to any leader in the continent. This is a pledge of imperialism to override the sovereignty of all Latin American countries.

He's literally saying it. We belong to the US like colonial slaves.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Today is a dark day for Latin American democracy.

This is the same conduct that Russia did in Ukraine. Where is the EU and all defenders of national sovereignty? Why the hypocrisy?

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Donald Trump says: "we will run Venezuela" in his live pressconference in Florida. He says they're there now, supposedly in Venezuela, and they're going to stay until they've transitioned the country.

Military occupation announced by the US president. How will they run it?

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

There can be no legitimate political or legal process that involves a military invasion of another country. It is the basis of the UN charter and a key tenent of international law, although these concepts are evidently meaningless.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

Thiis laughable framing in legal terms. The US army breaches Venezuelan airspace and soil, uninvited (obviously), to abduct the sovereign president of said country, take him to New York to be charged with posessing firearms? And conspiracy? It's a cruel but serious joke.

[Attorney General Pamela Bondi @AGPamBondi]

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers.

[Adriano Mérola Marotta @AdrianoMerola]

While Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, is pardoned by Trump after a drug smuggling conviction, why do journalists still repeat the fraudulent framing of this in terms of drugs? Trump said it before. It's about regime change and oil.