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Trump Taunting Maduro on Venezuela Coast Spurs Questions on Goal
The White House calls its decision to send naval forces and 4,000 troops off the coast of Venezuela a drug-interdiction effort. The move has also prompted speculation that President Donald Trump may be preparing something more aggressive against the country’s leader, Nicolas Maduro.
Would Trump Actually Invade Venezuela?
After months of saber-rattling and harsh rhetoric, U.S. President Donald Trump dispatched military assets to Latin America to combat the narcotics trade. Three Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers were sent to Caribbean waters off Venezuela, with Washington planning to send 4,000 marines to the region. The White House also issued a $50 million bounty for President Nicolas Maduro’s arrest as part of the crackdown on Venezuela. The autocr…
President Maduro Asks Guterres to Urge the U.S. to Cease Hostile Actions Against Venezuela - teleSUR English
For years, the Bolivarian nation has been subjected to U.S. harassment, the Venezuelan leader recalled. On Thursday, the Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to ask him to publicly pronounce on the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean near Venezuelan territorial waters. RELATED: Venezuelan Military Seizes Drugs and Destroys Narco Shipyards During the meeting, Ambassador …
The noose is tightening around Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro's neck. At least seven American warships are approaching his country's shores. Maduro's mind is undoubtedly lingering with the fate of Panama's leader, General Manuel Noriega, who was kidnapped by American forces and sentenced to 40 years in prison. The charges were the same: rigged elections and, above all, drug trafficking.
Although no one knows for sure what the ultimate goal of the United States is, recent Washington maneuvers have in check Venezuela.
Venezuela filed a complaint with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday over the deployment of US Navy ships in and around the southern Caribbean, Reuters reported. The United States says the vessels are there to counter a threat from Latin American drug gangs.
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