"Finally, more than 100 days after the start of the U.S. naval deployment in the Caribbean, Trump has announced his decision to shift from maritime to land attacks. The initial targets, he stated, are in Venezuela, although he also threatened Colombia and any country that produces or traffics drugs. We're taking those sons of a bitches out, he declared, giving his statement the thuggish tone that has become his trademark."
"But, even as a rhetorical exercise, it is still worth asking whether military action against Venezuela and other Latin American countries whether with troops or surgical strikes is truly inevitable. Over the past week, Trump has been dropping hints to let the public know that his administration has made contact with the Nicolas Maduro regime. First, he said he would speak with him; then he revealed that he already had, but downplayed the fact, saying it was just a phone call."
"Trump agreed to allow him and his family to leave the country and gave him a verbal ultimatum to leave Venezuela by November 28, which he failed to do. But he rejected everything else, since defining what can or cannot be granted to Maduro is not within his purview."
The United States shifted from maritime to land attack posture after over 100 days of naval deployment in the Caribbean, naming Venezuela as the initial target and threatening Colombia and other drug-producing nations. Coarse rhetoric about removing drug traffickers intensified the crisis and made timing and method central questions. Reported contact between the U.S. administration and Nicolas Maduro included a November 21 phone call in which Maduro sought amnesty for himself and about 100 associates and proposed an interim government led by Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. The U.S. offered safe passage for Maduro but rejected other concessions, escalating the conflict to a critical, personalized phase.
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