Venezuelan president reacted to CIA operations authorized by Trump and said the country “wants peace”
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, left), appealed for peace to the United States on Thursday (23.Oct.2025). At an event in Caracas broadcast on state TV, the Venezuelan leader said in English: “No crazy war, please”).
The statement was made after the US government confirmed that the CIA (United States Central Intelligence Agency) received authorization to carry out covert operations in Venezuela. According to the White House, the actions focus on combating drug trafficking and repatriating US citizens detained in the country.
Maduro stated that the “Venezuela wants peace” and repeated the appeal in Spanish: “No to crazy war”.
During the event, Maduro also said he saw in United States actions a “invasion threat”. According to the Venezuelan government, North American operations in the Caribbean are part of a “I look for” political and military with the aim of promoting a “regime change” and control the country’s oil reserves.
At another point, Maduro made a joke about the Englishman himself. He said, laughing: “This is called Tarzan language. Translated into Spanish like Tarzan it would be: no war, no wanting war, no to the war of the crazy, no to the madness of war”.
The authorization from (Republican Party) is part of the North American offensive in the Caribbean Sea, where the US claims to combat international drug trafficking. On Sunday (Oct 19), the US Secretary of War announced that the US military would add another vessel to the Caribbean Sea.
Helicopters from the Night Stalkers, an elite North American unit, were also seen carrying out training less than 150 kilometers from the Venezuelan coast, in an area close to oil and gas platforms. The maneuvers coincide with a military escalation ordered by Trump, who .
Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, who “any attempted CIA operation will fail” and said that Washington promotes “a regime change plan” in Caracas.
The Venezuelan government said it will carry out military exercises on the Caribbean coast. According to the Minister of Defense, the maneuvers are “in defense of sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
