US EditionThreat of Military Intervention Against Drug Trafficking Escalates Tensions Between the US and Venezuela
- Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela have intensified as the U.S. raised the reward for information on Nicolás Maduro to $50 million due to accusations of drug trafficking involvement, according to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
- The U.S. has begun deploying military assets along Venezuela's borders to combat drug trafficking, while Nicolás Maduro mobilized four million members of the National Militia in response to the escalating tensions.
- The U.S. considers Nicolás Maduro a fugitive head of a drug cartel and is determined to use every element of American power to address drug trafficking.
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Military pressure and economic accommodation: Trump's Venezuelan policy is as erratic as it is in other policy areas. With an open outcome to military intervention, Martin Ling says.
Military tensions are rising between the US and Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been at odds with several U.S. presidential administrations, but the rift between the Venezuelan government and the United States seems to be coming to a head. Maduro, who is widely considered a dictator and not recognized by the U.S. as Venezuela's legitimate leader, dispatched militia soldiers to counter a deployment of military forces by President Donald Trump, in the latest sign that things are escalat…
Caracas rejects US pretensions and mobilizes against a possible military intervention.
Caracas. The Venezuelan government responded with an official statement to the threats coming from the United States, specifically to the announcement of the deployment of a war fleet in the waters of the southern Caribbean, that is, in the north of Venezuela. This mobilization, according to Washington officials, responds to the need to fight drug cartels in Latin America.
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