"The agreements ranging from airport access, as in Trinidad and Tobago, to the temporary deployment of US troops for joint operations against narco-terrorists in Paraguay are being signed under the banner of a so-called war on drugs, the same rationale Washington has used to justify its offensive against Venezuela, although White House officials and Trump himself has said that the goals also include seizing the country's vast energy reserves and bringing down the dictator Nicolas Maduro."
"If the US were to launch a larger offensive that included airstrikes on Venezuela or other countries that have been mentioned, such as Colombia or Cuba, it would want operating locations around the region, said Jennifer Kavanagh, the director of military analysis at the Defense Priorities thinktank. Constructing a network of locations would be important for the sustainability of any type of operation."
A four-month US military campaign against Venezuela coincides with new security agreements across Latin America and the Caribbean. Agreements were secured with Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago, covering airport access and temporary deployments for joint operations against narco-terrorists. Washington frames the moves as part of a war on drugs while also pursuing objectives tied to Venezuela's energy reserves and the removal of Nicolas Maduro. Analysts view the scale and timing as an escalation and emphasize the need for regional operating locations to sustain any larger offensive involving airstrikes or broader military operations.
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