Maduro declares venezuela ‘Unmanageable’โ as U.S. Military Presence Fuels Tensions
CARACAS, Venezuela โฃ- Venezuelan President โNicolรกs Maduro asserted this week that his country woudl prove “unmanageable”โ for external forces, amid escalating tensionsโ stemming fromโ increased U.S. military deploymentโฃ in the region. The statement โขcomes as the U.S. continues โtoo apply pressure on Maduro’s government, including recent accusationsโ linking topโ Venezuelan officials to drug trafficking.
The escalating rhetoric reflects a long-standing effort by the U.S.toโ dislodge Maduro fromโ power, utilizing a range โฃof strategies from โeconomicโ sanctions to diplomatic isolation. The Trump โAdministration, in particular, intensified โthes efforts, โadding tools โฃto increaseโ pressure and pursue Maduro’s removal. A key component of โคthis โคstrategy involved the formal โdesignation โinโ March 2020 of “Theโ Cartel ofโข the Suns”-a โฃgroup allegedlyโฃ comprised โฃof Venezuelan military officials โขand headed โby Maduro and Minister of theโ Interior andโ Justice, Diosdado Cabello-as a major drug trafficking organization.
Venezuela’sโ Foreign Ministryโข swiftly rejected the U.S. designationโ of the Cartel of the Suns asโ a terrorist group, dismissing the organization as “non-existent” and accusing the Trumpโ Administration of perpetuating a “vile โlie”โ to justify potential intervention.
Simultaneously occurring, Venezuela’s oppositionโ party, Primero Justicia โ(PJ), has publicly called โforโข Maduro’s “immediate โdeparture,” outlining nine demands for aโ democratic transition, including the establishment of โคa “Government of national Unity.” The partyโข detailed its requestโ for Maduro’s removal in a statement published on X, formerly known โas twitter, emphasizing the need โforโ a “broad, plural” government with citizen participation to facilitate a democratic โtransition.
