US EditionTrump downplays US war threat in Venezuela, says Maduro’s days are ‘numbered’
Trump downplays a full-scale war but warns Maduro's regime faces imminent end amid over 15 US strikes killing at least 65 on drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.
- During a CBS 60 Minutes interview on Nov 2, President Donald Trump sent mixed signals about possible Venezuela intervention, downplaying war while saying Nicolas Maduro's days were numbered as US forces amassed in the Caribbean.
- Framing the action as counter‑narcotics, the Trump administration says strikes stem drug flows and authorises US covert operations with a $76 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
- More than 15 strikes have, in recent weeks, killed at least 65 people, and Washington has sent the USS R. Gerald Ford and about 10,000 US troops with fighter jets and Reaper drones.
- Several Latin American governments, including Colombia and Mexico, have criticised the strikes and warned an intervention would breed resentment while Colombia, hosting over three million Venezuelans, is buckling under strain and 53% poll support for intervention marks a regional shift.
- Observers note the move evokes historical US interventionism, Venezuela's active troops number at least 100,000, and US warships and covert operations risk wider conflict without regional consensus.
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‘Maduro’s days are numbered,’ says Trump, but rules out war with Venezuela
US President Donald Trump said he does not believe the United States will go to war with Venezuela, even as he declared that Nicolás Maduro’s days as president are “numbered.” Trump accused Maduro of sending criminals and mentally ill people into the US.
Latin America’s Venezuela Dilemma: A Region Torn Between Crisis and Indecision
Latin America stands at a crossroads, fractured over how to confront Venezuela’s slow-motion collapse. Colombia, bearing the brunt of a humanitarian exodus, has reached its breaking point. President Gustavo Petro condemns Washington’s hardline tactics, yet faces mounting domestic pressure for decisive action—any action. Across the region, fatigue is setting in: more than half of Latin […]
The United States does not plan to wage a war against Venezuela, said US President Donald Trump during an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes program. “I doubt it. I don’t think so,” Trump replied to the question about whether the United States was going to war against Venezuela, amid the deployment of military forces, including aircraft carriers Gerald Ford, in [...]
These statements come days after the U.S. Army killed three people in another attack on a boat in the Caribbean.
The US May Conquer the Americas But Lose the World
US presidents have long pledged to prioritize the Western Hemisphere — to put the Americas First, so to speak. Donald Trump is doing it today. The world waits to see if Trump will strike Venezuela, as the Pentagon masses planes and warships in the Caribbean. But coercing Nicolás Maduro’s autocratic, anti-US regime is merely part of a larger campaign to reassert America’s hemispheric hegemony. That campaign is rooted in history and sound strategi…
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