High-level meeting at the White House. The president of the United States, Donald Trumpmeets his security team this Monday to discuss the next steps in the relationship with Venezuela. The world holds its breath while tension has been at a high for days due to the possibility that the Republican will choose to launch an attack against the Caribbean country.
As the American television channel has advanced CNNand the newspaper has been able to confirm The Countryit is expected that the meeting will include, among others, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsethand the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Also present will be the Chief of the General Staff, General Dan Caineand Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wilesas well as Miles’ number two and the president’s main domestic policy advisor, Stephen Miller. The meeting time has been set for 5:00 p.m. in Washington (11:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time).
The meeting takes place just 24 hours after Trump himself calmed the waters. Upon his return from Florida this Sunday night, and aboard the Air Force Onethe president acknowledged having had a telephone conversation with the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, two weeks ago. However, he did not want to give details about the success of the conversation: “I wouldn’t say it was good or bad; it was a phone call.”
Some reassuring statements that clash with the new call at the White House. Although they already collided this Sunday. On Saturday, at dawn in the United States, the president set off all the alarms by announcing, through his social network, Truth Social, that commercial airlines should consider Venezuelan airspace “completely closed.” In his statements he warned that “You don’t have to give it more importance or read too much between the lines.”
The fight against drug trafficking is the argument that Washington alleges to justify the gigantic military deployment it has maintained in the Caribbean since August. The United States accuses Maduro of “narcoterrorism” and of leading the Soles cartel, a way that President Trump uses to refer to corrupt groups and individuals within the Caracas government. Besides, considers the president illegitimate, due to the irregularities perpetrated in the 2023 elections.
Likewise, since September 2, US forces have carried out at least 21 attacks against suspected drug boats in international waters in that sea and in the eastern Pacific, which have killed at least 83 people.
