I’m doing a post for each topic instead of one big grab bag covering different locations- Even though the US is the common denominator in each instance.
Trump acknowledges striking another boat as well as using the CIA- He does not say if they will be used in an attempt to overthrow Maduro. But, I would say that’s the most plausible explanation for their presence in Venezuela- Especially after the useful stooge/idiot win of the “peace prize”
Trump says US conducting CIA covert operations inside Venezuela
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela, a rare confirmation from any sitting US leader about the intelligence agency’s operations.
The acknowledgement comes after the US military carried out a series of deadly strikes against
allegeddrug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, destroying at least five boats since early September and killing 27.Four of those boats have come from Venezuela, according to reports.
“I authorised for two reasons, really. Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America,” Trump said at the Oval Office late Wednesday.
And the other thing, the drugs, we have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela, and a lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea.”
If Trump has secured the US borders as he claims, how is it drug/people smuggling is still a problem? Is he acknowledging he hasn’t effectively secured the borders? Or the ports? I think he is.
Maduro pushes back
On Wednesday, Maduro lashed out at the record of the US spy agency in various conflicts around the world and called for peace.
Maduro addressed a televised event of the National Council for Sovereignty and Peace, which comprises representatives from various political, economic, academic, and cultural sectors in Venezuela.
“Not war, yes peace, not war. Is that how you would say it? Who speaks English? Not war, but yes, peace, for the people of the United States, please,” Maduro said, speaking in English.
He criticised the CIA, tying it to recent US-led military interventions: “No to regime change that reminds us so much of … the failed eternal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and so on.”