In mid-November last year, the US announced the launch of a large-scale operation “Southern Spear” aimed at combating drug trafficking. There have been repeated reports of strikes on Venezuelan ships transporting drugs in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea,
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And on the morning of January 3, Reuters reported airstrikes on the Venezuelan capital. Explosions were heard in Caracas, including near a large military base.
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The strikes fell on the south of the city – the Fort Tiuna area and the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda air base, as well as the La Guaira naval base in the state of Vargas in the north of the country.
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The news agency writes that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised ground operations in Venezuela, emphasizing the need to remove leader Nicolas Maduro from power.
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However, the White House has not yet announced a new phase of the operation. At the same time, information has emerged that the US army has launched a ground operation, and that the US military has attacked the island of Margarita in the Caribbean Sea, where a large number of military facilities are located.
Earlier, the Western press reported that last week the CIA carried out a drone strike on a pier that, according to the Trump administration, was used by Venezuelan drug cartels. According to euronews.com, the total number of known strikes on boats reached 35, and the death toll was at least 115 people. Such data was published by the Trump administration. Maduro himself recently stated that Venezuela is ready for negotiations if the US government “wants to seriously discuss an agreement to combat drug trafficking” and for cooperation in the oil industry.
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Recall that recently, US Coast Guard ships stopped pursuing a vessel that had been in pursuit for about a week. The captain of the tanker “Bella 1” from the so-called “shadow fleet”, which was heading to Venezuela without any flag, refused to stop at the request of the US. Later, the Russian tricolor was painted on board the vessel.
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