US EditionTrump authorizes CIA to prepare plans for covert operations in Venezuela: New York Times
Trump authorized CIA covert operations amid a naval buildup of 15,000 troops and 12 warships in the Caribbean, marking the largest U.S. military presence since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
- President Donald Trump approved Central Intelligence Agency plans for covert measures inside Venezuela as the carrier Gerald R. Ford arrived with 15,000 troops in the Caribbean region, according to The New York Times.
- The White House has settled on a strategy of ratcheting up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, while preserving diplomatic, covert and military options, and Trump held two Situation Room meetings last week to review options.
- Military planners have prepared lists of potential drug facilities and military units close to Maduro, while covert operations including sabotage, cyber, or psychological actions could precede strikes.
- Legal experts and Democrats in Congress criticized US military strikes in the region, conducted without congressional authorization, which killed at least 83 people in 21 known attacks.
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The president approved CIA covert measures in the country and reopened communication channels with the Maduro government, which offered him access to oil or an exit from power, although in two or three years
US warships seen off Venezuela as Trump 'approves CIA covert ops inside country'
The USS Gerald Ford, the US's largest aircraft carrier, is present in a video showing a destroyer and an amphibious assault ship in the Caribbean Sea as concerns about a potential US ground invasion in Caracas continue to escalate
Despite Maduro's counter-proposals in secret negotiations, Trump calls the Venezuelan leader a "terrorist" and does not rule out military action, according to the New York Times.
Is Trump planning a covert Venezuela operation while talking to Maduro?
US President Donald Trump has indicated that he has finalised decisions about covert operations inside Venezuela. With 15,000 troops, 12 warships, and over 50 fighter planes in the region, the stage appears set for the next stage of US-Venezuela confrontation.
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