"The United States is keeping up its hostilities against Venezuela. At the Miraflores Palace, Nicolas Maduro's residence and the seat of government, nerves are frayed. The U.S. fleet anchored in the Caribbean Sea destroyed a second vessel that sailed off the Venezuelan coast this Monday. This is a clear signal to Chavismo that, far from easing, the pressure is increasing with each passing day. Uncertainty reigns among politicians, analysts, and experts in Venezuelan politics."
"Donald Trump claims that the destroyers and amphibious assault ships, which satellite images place on the border with Venezuelan waters, are intended to end the drug trafficking headed to the U.S. Twelve days ago, they sank a boat with 11 people on board, and this Monday, they destroyed another vessel with three people inside. According to the White House, both ships were loaded with drugs, and that was the justification for destroying them with missiles."
U.S. naval forces operating in the Caribbean destroyed two vessels off Venezuela, citing drug loads as justification for missile strikes. One boat sank with 11 people aboard twelve days earlier; a second was destroyed with three people inside. Satellite images show destroyers and amphibious assault ships positioned near Venezuelan waters. United States officials frame the deployment as an effort to halt drug trafficking to the U.S., while critics note Venezuela accounts for a small share of regional drug exports. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Chavismo view the actions as a threat and a possible pretext for invasion, creating political uncertainty.
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