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Is the U.S. Planning to Assassinate Maduro?

2025-11-07 News & Politics
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US Escalates Caribbean Attacks While Considering Assassination of Venezuelan President

Understand how recent US military actions in the Caribbean mirror historical intelligence abuses, signaling a dangerous return to 'gunboat diplomacy.' Discover the specific military buildup threatening Venezuela and why this echoes 50-year-old scandals.

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  • The Trump Administration is reportedly exploring options to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, citing special forces deployment.
  • The US has killed approximately 70 individuals across 18 recent boat strikes in the Pacific and Caribbean without offering evidence of wrongdoing.
  • This policy shift reflects a stark rollback from the ethical standards established after the 1970s Church Committee investigations into CIA abuses.

Peter Kornbluh analyzes the unprecedented discussion of foreign leader assassination alongside a massive Caribbean military buildup. He frames this action against the historical lessons poorly learned since the Church Committee exposed intelligence scandals 50 years ago.

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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The U.S. is continuing to blow up boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific despite growing international condemnation, while the Trump administration reportedly considers launching airstrikes on Venezuela or even assassinating President Nicolás Maduro. “We are committing wanton criminal acts of assassination in the Caribbean [against] innocent people who haven’t been found guilty of anything, and kind of setting the stage for an attack on Caracas itself in an attempt to take out its leader,” says Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive. Kornbluh also discusses the legacy of the Church Committee 50 years ago, which investigated abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies, including coups and assassinations abroad. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@persimmon-cm4go 2025-11-07

no money for snap or healthcare....but plenty of funds for this???? insane and immoral.

301 41 replies
@mladyriad 2025-11-07

It’s not a drug war it’s all about a coup to take Venezuelan oil and resources but they are creating the illusion of drugs thus the false flag operation.

162 29 replies
@richardnelson5083 2025-11-07

The goal is to seize Venezuela's OIL. They are trying to construct a false flag like the Gulf of Tonkin. Impeach. Convict. Remove.

107 20 replies
@LauraW102 2025-11-07

Well, they did that to President Salvador Allende from Chile in 1973.

87 8 replies
@MrDarkchinaman 2025-11-07

we need to get this admin out of power

78 8 replies
@Bones.x 2025-11-07

This is terrorism on these people

72 3 replies
@jarednovel 2025-11-07

This is a sign that the US is in very serious trouble economically. tnese are all acts of desperation

67 6 replies
@99nej 2025-11-07

the US has been trying to take control of Venezuela for my entire adult life (almost 30 years) I am not surprised by any of this.

64 11 replies
@GloriaSanchez-v3y 2025-11-07

That’s so wrong to interfere in other countries affairs and assignation of foreigners leaders. It’s totally unacceptable and criminal behavior

47 5 replies
@23Bentley45 2025-11-07

Excellent analysis. Thank you so much

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