Trumpโข Warns of Potential “Violent” War as Venezuelaโ Bolsters Military Amid caribbean โTensions
WASHINGTON – Former President โฃDonald trump issued a stark warning about a possible war โinvolving Venezuela, โstating it would be “violent,” asโ theโ South American nationโ significantly increases its โmilitary โreadiness. The escalation comes amid heightened tensions in the Caribbean Seaโค following โrecent U.S. Navy actions targeting suspected drug trafficking vessels.
theโ warning reflects growing โconcerns over regionalโ stabilityโ as Venezuela, under President โNicolรกs Maduro,โฃ responds to U.S.counter-narcotics operations with a large-scale military exercise involving 200,000 troops. โThis deployment, initiated Tuesday and expected to continue through Wednesday, focuses on command, control, communications, coastal defense, disaster management, and โฃa perceived “military threat” in the Caribbean-aโฃ threat Maduro’s โคgovernment โฃasserts extendsโ beyond Venezuela to the entire Latin American region.โค Diosdado Cabello, a key figure in the โคMaduro government, stated that preparations are being “optimized” “Every day” โขand โขthat maneuvers and exercises of general staffโฃ areโ ongoing.
The U.S. began โขintercepting and sinking suspected drug traffickingโข vessels in early September, reportedly destroying aroundโ twenty boats and resulting in โฃapproximately 75 fatalities.โค this action prompted Maduro to order an increase in โคpreparation for the Venezuelan armedโ forces and securityโค agencies, according to Cabello. He โขfurther detailed that the military exercise โข”contemplates command,โค control and communications.”
The situation โraises the specter of โa broader conflict, potentiallyโฃ drawing inโ regional actors and impacting international โdrug โtrafficking routes.โค The U.S. โhas โnot directly responded to Trump’s โwarning, but continuesโ to maintain a strong military presence โฃin โtheโฃ Caribbean.
