The re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States has many in Venezuela extremely concerned. From assassinations, terror campaigns, sanctions and coups, the first Trump administration tried everything short of a full-scale invasion of the country. With a cabinet full of hawks, MintPress assesses the potential for a future U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
Part 3 - Assassinations and Terrorism
In August 2018, while giving a public speech in Caracas, Maduro narrowly survived a drone assassination attempt. Bolton’s memoir, “The Room Where It Happened,” implies that the United States was involved in the incident.
But this was far from the only act of international terrorism the U.S. helped plan. White House officials agreed to what they called the development of “kinetic and nonkinetic options, both overt and [REDACTED], that could disrupt Venezuela’s oil and arms shipments. Options would need to include actions that would have a material impact on key industrial and other high-value targets.”
Just weeks after that decision, Venezuelan authorities arrested ex-CIA agent Matthew Heath outside the country’s largest oil refining complex. When apprehended, Heath was carrying a submachine gun, a grenade launcher, four blocks of C4 explosives, a satellite phone, stacks of U.S. dollars and detailed information about the building. The U.S. also worked with Colombian paramilitaries to carry out attacks inside Venezuela.
This sheds new light on a number of highly suspicious explosions, fires, blackouts and other disasters occurring inside Venezuela – events that the Maduro government blamed on the U.S.
But this was far from the only act of international terrorism the U.S. helped plan. White House officials agreed to what they called the development of “kinetic and nonkinetic options, both overt and [REDACTED], that could disrupt Venezuela’s oil and arms shipments. Options would need to include actions that would have a material impact on key industrial and other high-value targets.”
Just weeks after that decision, Venezuelan authorities arrested ex-CIA agent Matthew Heath outside the country’s largest oil refining complex. When apprehended, Heath was carrying a submachine gun, a grenade launcher, four blocks of C4 explosives, a satellite phone, stacks of U.S. dollars and detailed information about the building. The U.S. also worked with Colombian paramilitaries to carry out attacks inside Venezuela.
This sheds new light on a number of highly suspicious explosions, fires, blackouts and other disasters occurring inside Venezuela – events that the Maduro government blamed on the U.S.
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