Venezuela
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‘An exercise of the Republicans justifying their racist positions’instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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Trump says he authorized covert CIA ops in VenezuelaSpeed Read He is also considering military strikes inside the country
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Venezuela: Does Trump want war?Feature Donald Trump has accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of leading a drug cartel and waging a narco-terrorism campaign against the United States
By The Week US Published
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Taking aim at Venezuela’s autocratFeature The Trump administration is ramping up military pressure on Nicolás Maduro. Is he a threat to the U.S.?
By The Week US Published
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Venezuela: Was Trump’s air strike legal?Feature A Trump-ordered airstrike targeted a speedboat off the coast of Venezuela, killing all 11 passengers on board
By The Week US Published
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3 killed in Trump’s second Venezuelan boat strikeSpeed Read Legal experts said Trump had no authority to order extrajudicial executions of noncombatants
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Air strikes in the Caribbean: Trump’s murky narco-warTalking Point Drug cartels ‘don’t follow Marquess of Queensberry Rules’, but US military air strikes on speedboats rely on strained interpretation of ‘invasion’
By The Week UK Published
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Trump's drug war is now a real shooting warTalking Points The Venezuela boat strike was 'not a mere law enforcement action'
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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White House defends boat strike as legal doubts mountSpeed Read Experts say there was no legal justification for killing 11 alleged drug-traffickers
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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US kills 11 on 'drug-carrying boat' off VenezuelaSpeed Read Trump claimed those killed in the strike were 'positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists' shipping drugs to the US
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Military tensions are rising between the US and VenezuelaIn the Spotlight Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been at odds with US forces
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Courts try to check administration on deportationsFeature The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to end protected status for Venezuelans, but blocks deportations under the Alien Enemies Act
By The Week US Published
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Gabbard fires intelligence chiefs after Venezuela reportspeed read Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top two officials leading the National Intelligence Council
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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El Salvador's CECOT prison becomes Washington's go-to destinationIN THE SPOTLIGHT Republicans and Democrats alike are clamoring for access to the Trump administration's extrajudicial deportation camp — for very different reasons
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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