US spy agencies contributed to operation that captured Maduro. DefenseOne.com article. Pull quote: “Multiple reports indicated the CIA aided the Army’s elite Delta Force in tracking and locating Maduro, though Defense One could not independently confirm this by publishing time. For months, the CIA has been conducting covert operations in Caracas, using assets that are among the U.S. intelligence community’s most protected secrets.”
How ‘Absolute Resolve’ harnessed 150 aircraft and more to launch a regime change in Venezuela. DefenseOne.com article. Pull quote: “More than 150 aircraft and drones began launching from about 20 bases and warships “across the Western Hemisphere,” he said, including F-22, F-35, and F/A-18 fighters; EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft; B-1 bombers; reconnaissance planes; and more. Aerial tankers likely took part as well.”
Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path. PublicNotice.co article. Pull quote: “It’s hard to credit Trump when he claims to be committed to fighting narcoterrorism since he has pardoned a startling number of major drug criminals. These include, among others, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted of smuggling 500 tons of cocaine into the US; Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted on charges relating to his founding of Silk Road, a dark web site used by drug traffickers; and Larry Hoover, a leader of Chicago gangs responsible for crimes including drug-trafficking.”
Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How. Politico.com article. Pull quote: “First, other major powers could seize in the future on the administration’s claim that the attack was legal because Maduro was under indictment in the United States. One could easily imagine a Chinese indictment of a Taiwanese leader, under specious grounds, as lubricating a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Then the United States would be left arguing the analogy is unsound because the U.S. indictment was legitimate, whereas the Chinese indictment was not.”
Trump revives an old vision of American power, with global implications. WashingtonPost.com article (free). Pull quote: “After announcing Maduro’s capture, Trump boasted of the “Donroe Doctrine,” a twist on the strategy articulated by President James Monroe in 1823 that European powers should stop interfering in the Western Hemisphere. The national security strategy released by the White House in December noted a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine that promised “to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region.””
Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles. APNews.com article. Pull quote: “But Matthew Waxman, a Columbia University law professor who was a national security official in the George W. Bush administration, said seizing control of Venezuela’s resources opens up additional legal issues. “For example, a big issue will be who really owns Venezuela’s oil?” Waxman wrote in an email. “An occupying military power can’t enrich itself by taking another state’s resources, but the Trump administration will probably claim that the Venezuelan government never rightfully held them.””
Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela. NYTimes.com article (free). Pull quote: “There was little immediate clarity as to how the White House envisions the United States profiting from Venezuela’s oil. Analysts warn that large increases to the country’s oil production could take years and tens of billions of dollars in spending. But Mr. Trump indicated that the country’s oil wealth was a key factor not only in his decision to attack, but also in pledging that the United States would “run” Venezuela for the foreseeable future.”
Venezuela defense minister: Large part of Maduro's security team killed in U.S. action. CNBC.com article. Pull quote: “Padrino [Venezuelan Defense Minister] did not give an exact figure of causalities but backed the declaration of Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as interim president and said the armed forces have been activated across the country to guarantee sovereignty.”
U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion. WashingtonPost.com article. Pull quote: “Speaking on Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump offered a different view. “What we want to do is fix up the oil, fix up the country, bring the country back and then have elections,” Trump told reporters as he returned to Washington from Florida. The president also said that military action in Colombia sounded “good” to him and that he thought Cuba was “ready to fall” without U.S. intervention.”
Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro. NYTimes.com article (free). Description of the operation.
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