Venezuela, CIA and Caracas
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In an unusual move, President Donald Trump announced a covert strike in Venezuela. It's not the first time he has publicly touted covert operations.
Far from being evidence of Donald Trump’s policy schizophrenia, recent developments reflect an administration-wide effort to restore the international order that prevailed before World War I, when
President Donald Trump gave the Venezuelan leader one last chance to step down, telling Nicolás Maduro in a private call that he had to go.
The article reviews publicly disclosed CIA involvement in Venezuela, including recent acknowledgements of covert action authority and a reported CIA strike, and compares those disclosures to declassified campaigns in Guatemala and Chile to show how documentation and transparency differ over time.
A classified CIA assessment presented to U.S. President Donald Trump concluded senior Maduro loyalists, including Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, were best positioned to maintain stability if the Venezuelan leader lost power,
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CIA behind strike at Venezuelan dock that Trump claims was used by drug smugglers, AP sources say
President Trump first made reference to the operation in an interview Friday with John Catsimatidis on WABC radio in New York, saying the U.S. had knocked out some type of “big facility where ships come from.
President Donald Trump told the New York Times (NYT) the U.S. could be running Venezuela for years after the administration captured the country’s president on Saturday.
At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.