U.S. Preparations to Overthrow the Maduro Regime (opens in new tab)

The tempo of U.S. military activity in the Caribbean and South Atlantic has shifted beyond what can be explained by counter-narcotics missions alone. In recent weeks, Washington has deployed a formidable naval presence off Venezuela’s coast, conducted multiple strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels, and readied Special Operations forces for potential missions with a Venezuelan connection. Officially, these are described as moves against narcotics networks, but the scope, scale, and messa...