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Trump Authorizes CIA Operations in Venezuela

The CIA has been authorized to conduct lethal covert operations targeting drug traffickers and to destabilize Maduro's regime, with 27 killed in five strikes since early September, officials said.

  • The Trump administration has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, according to The New York Times report.
  • President Trump stated that military strikes on land targets are being considered to combat drug trafficking from Venezuela.
  • As of now, at least 27 people have been killed in U.S. attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats off Venezuela's coast.
  • Critics, including members of Congress, have questioned the legality and justification for the strikes conducted on these boats.
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The CIA is given the green light to carry out operations inside Venezuela. Something that should be seen as part of a long-term plan to depose regime leader Nicolás Maduro, according to US expert Jan Hallenberg. – I think there will be other types of attacks now, he says.

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The U.S. President has publicly referred to these destabilizing operations. ...

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Donald Trump has already regularly described Venezuela as a "narco-terrorist" state. By assuming Wednesday to have authorized clandestine actions by the CIA, the US president suggests that he does not now exclude strikes on Venezuelan territory.

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www.counterpunch.org broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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