“The United States is preparing to attack military targets in Venezuela as part of an escalation of actions against the Maduro regime” – reports “The Miami Herald”, one of the most famous daily newspapers in the United States. Published in Miami, Florida since 1903, it is one of the most important sources of information about events in South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean.
According to the daily, Donald Trump's administration decided to attack military installations in Venezuela. “Raids can happen at any time“- we read.
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Venezuela targeted by the US for drugs
The Miami Herald informant indicates that the United States is preparing to launch the next stage of the campaign against the Soles drug cartel. The planned attacks, also reported by the Wall Street Journal, are aimed at destruction of military installations used by a drug trafficking organization that the US says is run by Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and directed by top members of his regime.
U.S. officials believe the cartel exports about 500 tons of cocaine a year, splitting it between Europe and the United States.
The journal reminds that Washington has doubled the reward (to $50 million) for information leading to Maduro's arrest — is the highest reward ever offered. Another key figure in the regime facing drug trafficking charges is Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez.
The US military has recently significantly increased its presence on the coast of Venezuela.
Experts on the possibility of a US attack in Venezuela
Elliott Abrams, who served as the US special representative for Venezuela in Donald Trump's first term, was quoted by the Miami Herald and said he did not believe in a possible long-term operation. And Mark F. Cancian, a retired Marine colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the forces currently in the Caribbean are sufficient to carry out attacks and intimidation, but not to invade.
