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Maduro Hits Back at Trump: 'Inventing New Eternal War'
The US has deployed eight Navy ships and around 6,000 personnel to disrupt drug trafficking, with at least 10 airstrikes conducted in the Caribbean, officials said.
- On Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R Ford from the Mediterranean toward the Caribbean, a move described as a major escalation, while Nicolás Maduro accused the US of `fabricating a war`.
- Over the past two months, the US has assembled a force in the Caribbean including warships, B-52 bombers conducting bomber attack demonstrations, F-35 fighter jets, drones, and CIA operatives.
- The Trump administration has conducted multiple airstrikes on vessels allegedly carrying narcotics, including a strike on Friday that killed six people linked to the Tren de Aragua criminal organisation.
- Regional officials and lawmakers condemned the strikes and questioned their legal basis, while the US offered a $50,000,000 reward experts say unlikely sways Maduro's inner circle.
- Critics warn the deployment, framed as counter-narcotics, risks escalating tensions and affecting regional stability and sovereignty, while political scientist Michael Albertus notes authoritarian leaders monitor inner circles to ensure loyalty, a view analysts apply to Maduro's denunciations.
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The US President continues his military operations in the Caribbean, which he justifies in the name of the fight against drug trafficking, raising tensions with Caracas.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the United States on Friday of "inventing a war" with his country, denouncing the American deployment in the Caribbean officially to fight against drug trafficking. ...
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