"The Trump administration's exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. The U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean and the attacks on defenseless boats off the Venezuelan coast - based on unproven allegations that they contained drug traffickers - had been underway for more than three months. By the end of December 2025, in fact, such strikes on boats near Venezuela (and in the Eastern Pacific) had already killed 115 people."
"And those attacks were just the beginning. The U.S. has since intercepted oil tankers as far away as the North Atlantic Ocean, run a covert operation inside Venezuela, and earlier this month, launched multiple air strikes that killed at least 40 Venezuelans while capturing that country's president, Nicholas Maduro, and his wife. Both of them are now imprisoned in New York City and poised to face a criminal trial for narco-terrorism and cocaine importing conspiracies, plus assorted weapons charges."
The U.S. escalated military actions against Venezuela, including a naval buildup in the Caribbean and attacks on defenseless boats alleged to contain drug traffickers. By the end of December 2025, strikes near Venezuela and in the Eastern Pacific had killed 115 people. U.S. forces later intercepted oil tankers in the North Atlantic, ran a covert operation inside Venezuela, and launched air strikes that killed at least 40 people while capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Both are imprisoned in New York City and face narco-terrorism, cocaine importing, and weapons charges. President Donald Trump said the U.S. could run Venezuela "for years." Historical failures of U.S. regime change efforts suggest likely instability and poor outcomes for all parties involved.
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