What’s happening in Venezuela and what does it mean?

[theotherfossilsister]

I’m confused- has the US gone to war with them? What are the implications if so?

just a completely aside thought but if there really is to be a war on drugs by trump and stopping them at source why doesnt he stop those sticking them up their noses every day? there is only a supply because there is a demand for it. why arent users of illegal drugs dealt with? Isnt this an admission by him that he has lost the war on users?

@StandFirmreally good summary, I agree

Is there any need to be so nasty.

Maduro going is a good thing but as pp says, Trump is not acting for the benefit of ordinary Venezuelans. Plus the VP remains in place at the moment.

Oh luv. You obviously know far more than anyone else so why dont you write a comprehensive post explaining it all for us stupids?

I see Putin's Operation Destroy America is still going swimmingly.

And the usual suspects are excusing an illegal oil grab because it's Trump.🙄

Welcome to 2026.

I don’t know where this idea came that you have to take in refugees from a place you attack, like, why would you want a hostile foreign column in your homeland?

So yeah they obviously aren’t gonna do that

Not even close.
From NBC News:
”But drug cartels operating vessels in the Caribbean, where roughly 50% of the airstrikes have taken place, are mainly moving cocaine from South America to Europe — not to the United States, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement and military officials as well as narcotics experts. And the deadliest drug of all, fentanyl, is almost exclusively smuggled over land from Mexico, the officials and experts say.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna244583

This is about regime change and oil.

I think it's about if the country collapses into further conflict/civil war, since the VP is still in place and would seem to have the military onside.

This person is a former US military and has some interesting thoughts on this, not earth shattering, but well put together. She also lays out some interesting ties between the Venezuelan government and the cartels.

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-invaded-a-county-while-you

The prequel and sequel being Putin's Operation Destroy Europe (and the no longer part of Europe, UK). Sadly.

Oh not THAT guy, he doesn’t know even know his own sex

Oh, the irony, coming from this particular poster.

Doesn't diminish her expertise in the field.

On those bringing up people leaving it’s already been happening

Over 7.9 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015 due to a severe economic and humanitarian crisis, making it one of the world's largest displacement crises

There’s very little from the press, or leaders to do sanctions

Trump is murdering people without justification.

He is a dangerous, greedy and insane man.

*his

The new Government and its new administration were ready to step in after the last election the CIA have spent the last weeks and months in the background making sure they are ready to go! Maduros VP is apparently in Russia!

Due to what sanctions? If you google 'articles about Venezuelan refugees' you will find thousands of citations.

Of course, oil is a key motive here. Fresh quote from Trump right this minute: "We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it."

Why not read and respond to the article?

You're welcome to comment how you want, but wouldn't it be more productive to start a thread on Charlotte Clymer's transition or run along to FWR if you feel the conversation needs to be taken it in that direction? I'm certainly not interested in engaging on that.

According to news reports Maria Corina Machado has stated "We are ready to take over government"

Not sure if they have said how.

Due to
Escalating economic collapse, hyperinflation, and poverty

Shortages of food, medicine, and essential public services.

Political instability, violence, and high crime rates.

I don’t get the sanctions question, can you expand

There’s very little from the press, or leaders to do sanctions

Sorry, I thought you were saying there were press sanctions that prevented reporting.

oh I see no I meant leaders talking about any sanctions

Hard day for the hard left. Corbyn must be in tears.

In his 2019 memoir, The Threat, former Deputy Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, quotes Trump as saying of Venezuela "That’s the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”

So, this has been a long time coming.