Investing.com — The Trump administration has secretly authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, according to Bloomberg, citing U.S. officials, marking an escalation in pressure against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
This authorization represents the latest move in the administration’s campaign against Venezuela’s government. The new authority would permit the CIA to carry out lethal operations within Venezuela and conduct various operations throughout the Caribbean region.
“One year since dictator Nicolás Maduro defied the will of the Venezuelan people by baselessly declaring himself the winner, the United States remains firm in its unwavering support to Venezuela’s restoration of democratic order and justice. Maduro is not the President of Venezuela and his regime is not the legitimate government,” wrote the State Department in a statement in July, adding:
Maduro is the leader of the designated narco-terrorist organization Cartel de Los Soles, and he is responsible for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe. Maduro, currently indicted by our nation, has corrupted Venezuela’s institutions to assist the cartel’s criminal narco-trafficking scheme into the United States.
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