"No casualties were reported, but the date, time and location of the attack remain unknown. Venezuela's strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro, and his government have remained silent. If confirmed, the first strike on land would mark a new phase in a campaign that since August has involved the deployment of a massive US naval fleet, airstrikes that have so far killed 107 people, a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, the seizure of two vessels and the pursuit of a third."
"Obviously, the US doesn't want to call it a war because that would trigger congressional oversight but it is a war, as people are dying and they're dying in a very explicit and loud way with these airstrikes on boats, said Alejandro Velasco, a historian of modern Venezuela and a professor at New York University. He added that Maduro is also waging his own war to stay in power: That's the only thing he and the people around him are concerned about."
"Christopher Sabatini, a senior research fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, said the US is already running a psyops campaign against Venezuela: It's not a war that involves massive amounts of weapons yet, because I think neither side has the stomach to do that So it's more of a war of moving of pieces and hoping one side folds."
Details remain scarce about an alleged US ground strike in Venezuela after claims that the CIA used a drone to target a port facility linked to the Tren de Aragua gang. No casualties were reported and the date, time and location of the attack remain unknown; Nicolás Maduro and his government have been silent. If confirmed, the strike would mark a new phase in a campaign since August that has included a massive US naval deployment, airstrikes that have killed 107 people, a blockade of sanctioned tankers and the seizure and pursuit of multiple vessels. Analysts describe the confrontation as a shadow war involving psyops and incremental pressure rather than full-scale conventional warfare.
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