US EditionUS Captures Venezuelan President in Strike: Georgians React to Use of Force
Marco Rubio said the U.S. aims to combat drug trafficking and protect national interests, denying that the military action signifies war against Venezuela.
- On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela, emphasizing it fights drug trafficking organizations, not Venezuela itself.
- Framing the operation, Rubio said the intervention targets drug trafficking organizations and enforces an oil quarantine with U.S. naval vessels, not regime change.
- Explaining tactics, Rubio said the military aided the U.S. Coast Guard in capturing Maduro and enforcing sanctions, denying U.S. ground forces operate inside Venezuela while Tom Cotton noted Maduro's allies control the military.
- In response, congressional leaders said Sen. Tim Kaine plans a bipartisan vote asserting the U.S. 'should not be at war with Venezuela absent a clear congressional authorization.'
- Meanwhile, Rubio declined to specify who governs Venezuela, citing the oil quarantine as key leverage, while Cuba condemned the operation as `an act of state terrorism`.
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The U.S. denied on Monday in the UN Security Council being at war "against Venezuela" and ruled out that the arrest of its president, Nicolás Maduro, and the subsequent decision to govern the country until there is a political transition implies an occupation. "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying any country," said U.S. ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz.Waltz defended Maduro's arrest after assuring that U.S. forc…
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday the United States is not at war with Venezuela, adding that the U.S. is “running policy” in Venezuela — not with troops on the ground but through financial leverage on the remaining allies of former-President Nicolas Maduro.“We want Venezuela to move in a certain direction because not only do we think it’s good for the people of Venezuela, it’s in our national interest,” Rubio said in an interview …
Marco Rubio maintains US is not at war with Venezuela despite strike
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said America is not at war with Venezuela, a day after the U.S. military carried out airstrikes on the country and captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. On NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, Rubio said the U.S. is "at war against drug trafficking organizations," not Venezuela itself. "We don’t have U.S. forces on the ground in Venezuela," Rubio said. When asked, though, about who's running Venezuela now, he …
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