Venezuela, Donald Trump and CIA
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"It's about show, it's about performance," Christopher Sabatini, of the Chatham House think tank, told Newsweek.
President Trump confirmed the authorization of CIA action in Venezuela, and indicated his administration is exploring land strikes inside the South American country.
Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the South American nation its first saint.
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Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says
Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.
Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Thursday defended the Trump administration’s CIA operations in Venezuela to thwart “designated terrorist gangs” that are trafficking drugs by land and sea.
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the government shutdown, which has now stretched to two weeks.