US EditionVenezuela's Maduro to US: 'No Crazy War, Please!'
Maduro calls for calm amid U.S. military buildup accused of regime change; U.S. claims anti-narcotics mission with 37 deaths in related strikes, officials said.
- On Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appealed for peace in English at a meeting with pro-government unions, urging calm and repeatedly calling for restraint.
- The United States has deployed stealth warplanes and navy ships targeting eight boats and a semi-submersible, while Donald Trump last week authorized covert CIA action and considered strikes.
- Vladimir Padrino said while overseeing coastal exercises, 'We know the CIA is present', after flight-tracking showed a B-1B bomber near Venezuela's coast on Thursday, despite Trump's denial.
- The standoff now represents one of the sharpest escalations between the United States and Venezuela, with both reinforcing military positions and raising confrontation risks in the Caribbean.
- The strikes that began on September 2 have killed at least 37 people, Maduro has framed U.S. actions as an overthrow effort, and the coming days will likely see heightened patrols and diplomatic maneuvering.
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‘No crazy war, please’: Nicolas Maduro urges Trump after US flies bombers near Venezuelan coast amid crackdown on drugs
Maduro's comment comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has upped the ante on Venezuela, authorizing covert action by the CIA and military strikes against what he says are drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are growing in recent months. Even more so after the maneuvers that Donald Trump has begun in the areas near the coast of Venezuela. A situation that has led President Nicolás Maduro to make a petition in an Englishman 'tarzañao' so that this would not go to more.wf_cms.rss.read_more
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AlKhaleej Today‘No crazy war, please!’: Maduro hits out as US sends stealth warplanes, warships near Venezuela
CARACAS, Oct 24 — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded Thursday against a “crazy war” as an escalating US military campaign sent tensions soaring.Maduro’s comment came after US President Donald Trump said he had authorised covert action against the South American nation amid a military campaign targeting what Washington says are drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific.“Yes peace, yes peace forever, peace forever. No crazy war, pleas…
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