US EditionDemocrats rip Trump administration for ‘illegal’ strikes on Venezuela
Overnight strikes targeted Venezuelan military to protect U.S. personnel; Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out, marking a significant regime change, Trump said.
- On January 3, President Donald Trump announced overnight a large-scale US strike on Caracas, Venezuela, saying Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were captured and flown out.
- After months of escalating tensions and an anti-drugs campaign, President Trump authorised covert CIA operations and deployed the USS Gerald R. Ford with around 15,000 personnel offshore.
- As planned during hours of darkness, the extraction combined bombing of multiple bases with a Delta Force stealth assault, while helicopter extraction teams arrived just after 0100 EDT under heavy fire, supported by more than 150 aircraft.
- Lawmakers immediately split over the operation, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., saying `It's about oil and regime change` and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., calling it an `illegal war` lacking congressional approval.
- Internationally, the strikes prompted immediate concern as the U.N. human rights chief demanded investigation, Russia and Iran backed Venezuela, Colombia alerted its army, and US troops’ future role remained unclear.
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Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media's Protection?
The United States invaded Venezuela late Friday, in a mission called "Operation Absolute Resolve." The invasion, which resulted in the abduction by Army Delta Force commandos of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reportedly was the culmination of months of planning. A group of CIA officers, operating clandestinely since August in and around Caracas, gathered intelligence about Maduro's daily movements; meanwhile, the Trump administration manuf…
Views from the nation’s press
The Miami Herald on how danger grows for a new era of interventionism as Trump and Rubio eye Cuba and Colombia: Right now, our attention is riveted on what happens next in Venezuela, but there’s a broader development that the U.S. should be watching carefully: President Trump is using the attack as an opportunity to advance a “might makes right” new world order, and Colombia and Cuba are potentially in the crosshairs. The threat isn’t subtle. “T…
Trump says the US shut off the lights in Venezuela's capital using 'certain expertise.' Here's how it may have done it.
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor parks after the US's military actions in Venezuela.U.S. Air Force PhotoTrump said the US used "certain expertise" to cut power in Venezuela while capturing its president.Officials alluded to cyber operations and a host of military capabilities.Analysts said there are several ways it could have played out, aided by Venezuela's poor infrastructure.Amid the revelations over the weekend about the US military raid to captur…
After Venezuela, Realism and Restraint Part Ways
Foreign Affairs After Venezuela, Realism and Restraint Part Ways The intervention this weekend has met divergent reactions on the American right. The reaction to the U.S. raid in Venezuela this weekend has highlighted a divide on the American right between two groups that normally seem united: realists and restrainers. The former eschew global ideological crusades and believe the U.S. should exert power abroad only to advance the national inte…
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