President Trump has ordered what he called a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, as the United States escalates pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro. The move comes amid a major U.S. military buildup in the region and days after U.S. forces seized an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. Since September, the U.S.
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“We have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually,” Donald Trump told reporters on December 10, describing the escalation of his apparently impending illegal war and regime change in Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi ceremoniously released a video clip of the U.S. Marines and National Guard rappelling down from two…
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President Donald Trump has threatened Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying in an interview on Tuesday that Maduro’s “days are numbered” and refusing to rule out a ground invasion of the country. Speaking to Politico, Trump said “I don’t comment on that” when asked if the U.S. would soon strike Venezuela, or if the U.S. would send troops on the ground. He went on to repeat…
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As the Trump administration continues to murder people in small boats on the high seas and mounts the largest U.S. military buildup in decades in the Caribbean, it is moving inexorably toward an all-out, illegal attack and forcible regime change in Venezuela. Despite Team Trump’s feeble attempts to legally justify its ocean strikes, which have now killed 57 people since early September…
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The Trump administration has covertly authorized the CIA to conduct lethal operations in Venezuela, reporting says, as Amnesty International USA condemns the administration’s latest strike as “murder.” The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Trump administration has given the CIA the authorization to “carry out lethal operations in Venezuela,” including operations to undermine…
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