Trump, Venezuela and Maduro
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Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.
Faced with the prospect of armed conflict with the United States, Venezuela’s government seems to be encouraging citizens to spy on each other by using a revamped mobile application to report suspicious people or activities.
A densely populated coastline, mountainous interior, jungles and humid weather would create unique conditions for US troops.
Senators took up a war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at blocking President Trump from conducting strikes against Venezuela.
Venezuela, a debt-defaulted nation with an economy devastated by years of mismanagement and international sanctions, has become a surprise darling of bond investors, with returns for its dollar bonds of over 80% poised to lead emerging markets this year.
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Why Venezuela?
The United States is amassing an armada in the Caribbean as Trump figures out his endgame with Maduro.
The president has said he thinks Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days leading the socialist country are numbered.
President Trump agreed that Maduro's days as Venezuela's president are numbered amid escalating U.S. military operations in Caribbean waters targeting drug trafficking vessels.
The supercarrier, ordered to the Caribbean by Trump, has not moved significantly toward that area for two days.
Venezuela has an arsenal of Russian weapons and armed civilian cells that could mount a guerrilla war. But a coup against President Nicolás Maduro? Don’t count on it.