Maduro accuses US of fabricating a war in Caribbean

ByEnigma 808

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Friday that Washington was creating conflict after the Pentagon announced expanded Caribbean military operations. The United States positioned more than 10,000 troops, eight warships, and a submarine near Venezuelan waters, claiming the deployment targets drug trafficking networks. Caracas and regional observers consider the buildup a disguised political intervention that threatens Caribbean stability.

Defense officials confirmed B-1 bombers flew near Venezuelan territory on Thursday while Marines prepared joint exercises with Trinidad and Tobago forces. At least 40 people died in 10 strikes that the White House described as operations against narcotics organizations. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino supervised coastal military drills and accused American intelligence agencies of covert activities within the country.

Trump administration officials defended the campaign as anti-cartel enforcement. Maduro warned the military presence could trigger wider confrontation across Latin America. Several conservative figures criticized the operation as potentially resembling previous prolonged American military commitments abroad.

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