US EditionSmith on Maduro capture: ‘I don’t think it fundamentally changed drug trafficking in America at all’
Experts and activists debate U.S. motives behind seizing Venezuela's president, suggesting control over vast oil reserves and regional influence rather than drug enforcement.
- On Saturday, U.S. special operations forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to New York to face drug charges.
- From a realpolitik view, experts argue the move was driven by resource and geopolitical aims, not specifically Venezuela's oil reserves or minerals.
- Local foreign affairs experts said Saturday's capture had little to do with drug trafficking, noting no proof Venezuela manufactures or distributes fentanyl.
- Local activists organized emergency protests in Western Massachusetts on Saturday and Sunday, while multiple U.S. elected officials condemned the operation and Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela, was sworn in as interim president.
- Regional actors will take note as experts predict successors in Venezuela may negotiate economic deals opening oil fields to U.S. companies, and Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, said pipelines are crucial for market access.
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Energetic CityAlberta’s Danielle Smith says Maduro capture outlines urgency of West Coast pipeline
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the American capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro underlines the urgency of building oil pipelines to export Canadian oil to new markets.
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Alberta's Danielle Smith says Maduro capture outlines urgency of West Coast pipeline
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Venezuela president’s capture not about drug trafficking, Western Mass. experts say
Local foreign affairs experts agree Saturday’s capture of Venezuela’s president had little to do with a crackdown on illegal drug trafficking, and instead it was a show of power over trade.
Smith on Maduro capture: ‘I don’t think it fundamentally changed drug trafficking in America at all’
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said on Sunday he doesn’t think capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will have a significant impact on the scope of drug trafficking in the United States. “No, I don’t,” Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” when asked if he…
The former Venezuelan president appeared before a federal court in New York following a military operation in Caracas. U.S. law provides for capital punishment in exceptional cases involving drug offences.
The Labour Party (PT) entered into a judicial action against federal MP Paulo Bilynskyj (PL-SP) for moral damage. In the social networks, the parliamentarian published a video accompanying the sign and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to drug trafficking, a crime by which Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, will be tried by the United States after being arrested by Americans on this Saturday. 'True risk of fraud and corruption': Internatio…
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