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Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial: The U.S. does not need a war in Venezuela The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the United States into crisis, and its citizenry is in desperate need of medical, economic and moral support. What the people do not need, or want, is another war.
The U.S. has built up a tremendous force in the waters north of the country. “We’re deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircraft, and helicopters; Coast Guard cutters; and Air Force surveillance aircraft, doubling our capabilities in the region.”Officials at the Defense Department reportedly opposed the deployment, as the military has struggled with the spread of COVID-19. But their concerns were ignored.
The president claims that the operation is meant to combat drug trafficking, primarily cocaine smuggling, but such a force has never been previously deployed solely for drugs. And data from the U.S. government’s own Consolidated Counterdrug Database shows that Venezuela is not a primary transit country for U.S.-bound cocaine. Six times as much cocaine passed through Guatemala in recent years. Our government should focus on the more pressing needs of its own people, who are trying to make it through the most significant crisis the country has faced in decades.
OrinocoTribune: Ambassador Moncada Denounces Trump at the UN for his “Genocidal Policy” Towards Venezuelans Moncada denounced the “genocidal” management of the United States to the UN Security Council for using “the pandemic as a weapon against Caracas.” Since at least 2015, the US, UK and other allied countries have imposed various illegal sanctions, “in an illegal action that repeats itself in the XXI century, the same acts of colonialism that characterized the nineteenth century.”
Orinoco Tribune: Now the US Navy Intimidates Venezuelan Fishing Vessel in International Waters
A Venezuelan fishing vessel was boarded in the Pacific Ocean by the US Coast Guard. The illegal boarding of the Venezuelan vessel was carried out following US Southern Command orders and the excuse was that it was part of “actions in the Caribbean and the Pacific, to stop the flow of drug trafficking from South and Central America to the United States..”
Maria Paez Victor: Despite the Siege, Venezuela Controls the Coronavirus A review of the steps Venezuela took to effectively combat the virus, in spite of increased US measures to disrupt them.
Venezuelanalysis: Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyalists $5000 Monthly Salaries The Trump administration recently moved $342m belonging to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) from a frozen Citibank account to an account at the New York Federal Reserve. The Guaido-led opposition reportedly “approved” the measure, which the BCV called “plunder.” Washington has repeatedly dispensed funds to the Venezuelan opposition, including $98 million in October and $52 million in September of last year.
PeoplesDispatch: The US believes it has a “messianic mission” against communism, says Venezuelan vice-minister Carlos Ron Ron:The US strategy has been clear. And when I talk about the United States, I also mean this group of Guaidó, because there is no clear separation between them….
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