Most Americans reject military intervention in Venezuela. The CBS News survey also revealed a strong demand from citizens for the government to provide evidence about the specifics of its actions.
Up to 70 percent of Americans reject the military intervention of the United States in Venezuela. The majority of citizens perceive this country as a threat, but not a significant one. This follows from a survey published by CBS News on Monday, TASR reports.
Even Republican voters clearly do not support the idea of military intervention in the South American country. Three-quarters of Americans, half of them Republicans, believe that President Donald Trump would need congressional approval for military action in Venezuela. As many as 76 percent of citizens also think that Trump has not sufficiently explained his position regarding a possible American military intervention in Venezuela.
The tension is rising
Tensions between the Trump-led United States government and the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro have been rising in recent months. The United States accuses Maduro of supporting international drug crime, has significantly increased its military presence in the Caribbean, and has begun attacking ships in the Caribbean and Pacific that the White House says belong to drug traffickers.
A narrow majority of 53 percent of respondents approve of attacks on smuggling ships, but up to three-quarters of respondents want the government to provide evidence that they are indeed drug-carrying vessels. More than half of Americans also believe that military action against Venezuela will have no effect on the amount of drugs imported into the US.
