"The US says it is fighting drugs, but its warships off Venezuela tell another story about power, control and regime change. Ten thousand soldiers on board 10 US warships, including a nuclear submarine, several destroyers and a missile cruiser, patrol the southern Caribbean in what is the largest US military build-up in the region in decades. At least seven boats allegedly transporting drugs have been bombed, resulting in the extrajudicial killing of more than 32 people."
"And now the US administration is threatening Venezuela with direct military action. The Pentagon has reportedly drawn up plans for military strikes inside Venezuela, and President Trump has authorised the CIA to conduct lethal covert operations there. All of this is ostensibly aimed at getting rid of Maduro, who Trump claims is leading a vast criminal organisation. Maduro is the leader of the designated narco-terrorist organisation Cartel de los Soles, and he is responsible for trafficking drugs into the United States,"
Ten thousand US military personnel aboard 10 warships, including a nuclear submarine, destroyers and a missile cruiser, patrol the southern Caribbean in the largest regional build-up in decades. At least seven boats alleged to be transporting drugs were bombed, killing more than 32 people extrajudicially. The Pentagon prepared plans for strikes inside Venezuela and the president authorised CIA lethal covert operations. The US accuses Nicolás Maduro of leading Cartel de los Soles and placed a $50m bounty. Independent intelligence and US drug assessments do not corroborate a government-run cartel controlling transnational cocaine trafficking.
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