In other times, the fact that the US government and thousands of soldiers just outside the South American territorial waters is extremely doubtful that they would be evaluated as news. But for the American president- who persistently cultivates a pacifist profile- Venezuela’s case seems to be an exception to the rule.
Specifically, Reuters sources, which were expressed on the condition that they are not named, say that the USS San Antonio, USS Iwo Jima and USS Fort Lauderdale are expected to have arrived in the area. In addition, at least three warships have been ordered to sail in the area, USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson.
Recession
The peculiar power demonstration comes after a series of tensions between Caracas and Washington. The culmination of bilateral relations has occurred when the White House increased to $ 50 million a fee for information that would lead to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who accuses that he is leading the “Cartel of the Suns”.
In even more intense style, White House spokesman Caroline Levit described the Venezuelan government as a “terrorist cartel”, and President Maduro “a fugitive leader of this cartel”. Asked about the possibility that the US Armed Forces will take action in Venezuela, said Donald Trump would use “all the means” to “prevent the drug from flooding our country”. Meanwhile, Maduro’s announcement of 4.5 million ethnic stakeholders, tasked with the country’s security, had been mediated.
It should be noted that the last time US military forces participated in military intervention on the American continent was in 1995 in Haiti, in the Square of the Military Operation “UPHOLD Democracy”. Since then, US intervention has been limited to providing political support for movements or imposing economic sanctions on governments and states it considers to violate the democratic acquis. Venezuela and Cuba are the most typical examples.
Causes and chances
And yet, the beginning of Trump’s second presidential term did not predict such a development. Last February, the visit of US President Richard Grenell’s special envoy to Karakas was accompanied by the liberation of six Americans held in Venezuela, while at the same time the South American government would respond to the South American country. And just a few weeks ago, Maduro announced that the US oil colossus Chevron had obtained approval by the US government to resume activities within Venezuela territory.
So what are the causes of new sharpening and how do they blend with Trump’s aspirations? Since the US president is a fan of polarization and nourished by it, the real cause should be sought in the possibility of multiple leverage that gives him a controlled conflict with the Maduro government. On the one hand, the invocation of anti -communism acts as a conflict reflex in the ranks of the over -conservative Republicans, especially Trump’s Spanish supporters. On the other hand, the “paper” of military pressure on Venezuela is probably part of yet another regular movement of the White House, so that in the second year, the issue of a US-friendly compromise will be raised, which will concern issues from migration to exploitation.
With the Ukrainian negotiations in progress, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip culminating due to the new Israeli attack on the Palestinian enclave and Iranian Vice President Mohammed Reza Ariaf, to warn that a conflict can be warned. It has, on the way to the 2026 midterm elections in the US, and waiting for the Nobel Peace Prize, moods for large -scale military involvement.
