Annette Dittert
@annettedittert.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2026 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Pinned
Understanding where she comes from this is delusional and depressing.
Trump is not interested in free elections in Venezuela and this 👇 only ruins her own integrity.
Trump is not interested in free elections in Venezuela and this 👇 only ruins her own integrity.
Marina Corina Machado was just on Hannity's show effusively kissing up to Trump, including offering to share the Nobel Prize with him
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Understanding where she comes from this is delusional and depressing.
Trump is not interested in free elections in Venezuela and this 👇 only ruins her own integrity.
Trump is not interested in free elections in Venezuela and this 👇 only ruins her own integrity.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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„Wenn wir nicht klar sagen, dass dies ein Bruch des Völkerrechts ist, dann besteht die Gefahr der Gewöhnung. Das wäre kein guter Zustand, weil dann das Erpressungspotenzial mächtiger Staaten weiter zunähme“
Lesenswertes Interview von @ronensteinke.bsky.social mit Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling
Lesenswertes Interview von @ronensteinke.bsky.social mit Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling
Was das Völkerrecht zur US-Militärintervention in Venezuela sagt
Warum der Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling die US-Intervention in Venezuela für einen Verstoß gegen internationales Recht hält.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
„Wenn wir nicht klar sagen, dass dies ein Bruch des Völkerrechts ist, dann besteht die Gefahr der Gewöhnung. Das wäre kein guter Zustand, weil dann das Erpressungspotenzial mächtiger Staaten weiter zunähme“
Lesenswertes Interview von @ronensteinke.bsky.social mit Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling
Lesenswertes Interview von @ronensteinke.bsky.social mit Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling
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Joint statement by Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain & Uruguay rejecting “military actions carried out unilaterally on Venezuelan territory, which contravene fundamental principles of int’l law…an extremely dangerous precedent for peace/regional security & puts the civilian population at risk.”
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Joint statement by Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain & Uruguay rejecting “military actions carried out unilaterally on Venezuelan territory, which contravene fundamental principles of int’l law…an extremely dangerous precedent for peace/regional security & puts the civilian population at risk.”
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"his [Trump's] plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations." www.economist.com/the-americas...
Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
www.economist.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"his [Trump's] plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations." www.economist.com/the-americas...
Switched on LK for a minute, saw Nadine Dorries on the panel.
Switched off again.
Switched off again.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Switched on LK for a minute, saw Nadine Dorries on the panel.
Switched off again.
Switched off again.
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Exzellentes Interview meines Kollegen @heinrichwefing.bsky.social mit dem Völkerrechtler Kai Ambos über die rechtlichen Voraussetzungen und Folgen der Entführung Maduros - und die Konsequenzen für Europa. Freebie.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Kai Ambos: "Es reicht nicht, das Völkerrecht nur zu beschwören"
Der Völkerrechtsexperte Kai Ambos sieht im Vorgehen der USA eine Verletzung der UN-Charta. Die Nachkriegsordnung sei in Gefahr, Europa drohe zerrieben zu werden.
www.zeit.de
January 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Exzellentes Interview meines Kollegen @heinrichwefing.bsky.social mit dem Völkerrechtler Kai Ambos über die rechtlichen Voraussetzungen und Folgen der Entführung Maduros - und die Konsequenzen für Europa. Freebie.
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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Neues Adjektiv in Verharmlosung gedropped: „kühn“
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Neues Adjektiv in Verharmlosung gedropped: „kühn“
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#Venezuela
Hier hervorragende Analysen von @anneapplebaum.bsky.social im Interview mit @davidfrum.bsky.social für The Atlantic.
'The doctrine of American weakness.' (Frum)
'It is America giving up on relationships with the World.' (Applebaum)
Hier hervorragende Analysen von @anneapplebaum.bsky.social im Interview mit @davidfrum.bsky.social für The Atlantic.
'The doctrine of American weakness.' (Frum)
'It is America giving up on relationships with the World.' (Applebaum)
Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
#Venezuela
Hier hervorragende Analysen von @anneapplebaum.bsky.social im Interview mit @davidfrum.bsky.social für The Atlantic.
'The doctrine of American weakness.' (Frum)
'It is America giving up on relationships with the World.' (Applebaum)
Hier hervorragende Analysen von @anneapplebaum.bsky.social im Interview mit @davidfrum.bsky.social für The Atlantic.
'The doctrine of American weakness.' (Frum)
'It is America giving up on relationships with the World.' (Applebaum)
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Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
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They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
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LITERALLY NO VENEZUELAN ASKED for President Nicolás Maduro to be removed and opposition leader María Corina Machado ("very nice woman” who lacks “support” and “respect”) sidelined so the Trump administration could "run" Venezuela through Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's vice president
wapo.st/44Tce4Q
wapo.st/44Tce4Q
Trump says Maduro’s VP is cooperating. She’s demanding Maduro’s release.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would run Venezuela. Delcy Rodríguez, Nicolás Maduro’s vice president, denounced his “illegal kidnapping” as “shameful.”
wapo.st
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
LITERALLY NO VENEZUELAN ASKED for President Nicolás Maduro to be removed and opposition leader María Corina Machado ("very nice woman” who lacks “support” and “respect”) sidelined so the Trump administration could "run" Venezuela through Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's vice president
wapo.st/44Tce4Q
wapo.st/44Tce4Q
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Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
Sánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
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The European response to US intervention in Venezuela is a reminder that until we have an independent European defence industry, no country in Europe is sovereign
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The European response to US intervention in Venezuela is a reminder that until we have an independent European defence industry, no country in Europe is sovereign
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Weil das Viele hier sicher nicht mitkriegen: Marine Le Pen verteidigt (auf X) die Souveränität Venezuelas, und Jordan Bardella zieht die Konsequenzen aus Frankreichs strategischer Vulnerabilität.
Ich sage es ungern, aber das sind bessere Statements als die von Kaja Kallas und Ursula von der Leyen.
Ich sage es ungern, aber das sind bessere Statements als die von Kaja Kallas und Ursula von der Leyen.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Weil das Viele hier sicher nicht mitkriegen: Marine Le Pen verteidigt (auf X) die Souveränität Venezuelas, und Jordan Bardella zieht die Konsequenzen aus Frankreichs strategischer Vulnerabilität.
Ich sage es ungern, aber das sind bessere Statements als die von Kaja Kallas und Ursula von der Leyen.
Ich sage es ungern, aber das sind bessere Statements als die von Kaja Kallas und Ursula von der Leyen.
Fascinating.
Nothing is too crazy to not be possible these days.
Nothing is too crazy to not be possible these days.
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Fascinating.
Nothing is too crazy to not be possible these days.
Nothing is too crazy to not be possible these days.
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Everything they do is for Content. It’s all TV to them. They’re playing characters in a show and they think the coolest characters are the villains
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Everything they do is for Content. It’s all TV to them. They’re playing characters in a show and they think the coolest characters are the villains
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Die deutschen Medien sind meilenweit davon entfernt zu vermitteln, wie unfassbar crazy das ist.
Trump just posted this image of Maduro on the USS Iwo Jima. Time to unfurl the "Mission Accomplished" banner one more time.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Die deutschen Medien sind meilenweit davon entfernt zu vermitteln, wie unfassbar crazy das ist.
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Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
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Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.
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News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
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He's literally set himself up as Ruler of Venezuela.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
He's literally set himself up as Ruler of Venezuela.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
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Der selbsternannte Friedensnobelpreisträger liefert Putin selbst die Gründe, jegliche Friedensverhandlungen nicht ernst nehmen zu müssen.
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Der selbsternannte Friedensnobelpreisträger liefert Putin selbst die Gründe, jegliche Friedensverhandlungen nicht ernst nehmen zu müssen.
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Die sich heute über einen Bruch des Völkerrechts freuen, weil es doch einen Richtigen getroffen habe, können sich morgen nicht beklagen, wenn's bei ihnen selbst einschlägt.
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Die sich heute über einen Bruch des Völkerrechts freuen, weil es doch einen Richtigen getroffen habe, können sich morgen nicht beklagen, wenn's bei ihnen selbst einschlägt.