Trump is intensifying military pressure against Venezuela, accused of being a crossroads for drug trafficking and an outpost of hostile powers such as China, Russia and Iran. The goal is to reduce foreign influence in the area and give the United States greater control over Venezuela’s huge oil reserves.
An avalanche of fire, from the three missile boats sent to the area starting with Uss Gravely docked in Port Spain of Trinidad and Tobago, islands 10 kilometers from Venezuela. The drones MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and attack planes take off from Puerto Rico, where Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla is air operations hub with bunker built for unmanned aerial vehicle missiles. Submarines nestled in the Caribbean Sea launch i Cruise missiles on the command and control centers of the battered Venezuelan armed forces. The squadron of 10 fighters F 35Blocated in Puerto Rico, takes off to carry out deep air strikes without being detected by radar.
These are the attack plans to overthrow the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduroaccused of pulling the strings of the narcos who flood the United States with drugs. For this reason in the Caribbean Sea Donald Trump deploys a powerful military force which, at the moment we go to the newsstands, looms ready for aggression. After the first wave which eliminates the air defenses on the beaches, they could land 6,500 Marines aboard the three amphibious assault ships of the Iwo Jima group. Others 3,500 American military personnel they provide support, including an elite team for Special Operations who, with silenced helicopters or high-altitude launches, would reach anywhere, even the presidential palace.
Airstrikes and covert operations
Supersonic bombers B-1 Lancerwhich took off from the Dyess base in Texas, have already flown over the coast of Venezuela and the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Fordthe largest of the American fleet, arriving from the Mediterranean, makes the naval deployment unprecedented since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
“An American attack would cause the Venezuelan regime to fall like a house of cards.” Panorama’s source in the Latin American country has no doubts, an Italian who speaks in exchange for anonymity. “We have to be careful because informants are everywhere,” he adds. «One wrong sentence is enough to end up in prison. 80 percent of the people voted against Maduro in the last elections, including the military.”
Initial skirmishes and fight against narcos
The first skirmishes began in September, when the White House gave the green light to targeted raids to sink the fast boats that transport cocaine from Venezuela and Colombia to the USA. In two months they were launched 14 attackswho sank as many small boats and killed them 57 alleged traffickers.
Trump authorized the Hi to carry out covert operations in Venezuela and given the green light to ground raids on cocaine routes from Colombia, on refining plants or on small isolated runways from where drug planes take off. The White House has blacklisted i drug cartels and Venezuelan gangs such as the Cartel de los Soles and Tren de Aragua as jihadist groups. «Our message to these terrorist organizations» declared the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth «is that they will be treated like Al Qaeda. We will find them, discover their nets, hunt them down and kill them.”
Blitzes and targets in international waters
The first targeted attacks occurred in international waters by September 2, the sixth raid sank a semi-submersible and on October 17, three smugglers from the National Liberation Army, a Marxist armed group active in Colombia, were targeted. In front of the naval base of Guayaquil, in Ecuador, there is a seized 15-meter submarine, which had a crew of four people. The cost of launching it of one million dollars would have been amply repaid by the drug shipment, which was worth 25 million on the US market.
Maduro and his allies under pressure
The Caribbean “armada” could also convince Maduro to relinquish power by flying to Qatarwhere he has his little treasure. «The deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, is less aggressive and her brother is president of the Assembly» explains the source. “They could be an alternative to the opposition, already in contact with the Americans.” For now, the vice president has denounced a CIA plot and the capture of “a mercenary group infiltrated from Trinidad and Tobago to organize a false flag attack”. The Secretary of State, Marco Rubioson of Cuban exiles, and the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffeare the spearheads of Trump, who doubled the bounty on Maduro a 50 million dollars. Rubio branded Maduro as a “wanted man of American justice” and head of “a terrorist and criminal organization”. To the escape of 8 million refugeesthe regime is also blamed for the 15 percent who entered the USA.
Venezuelan mobilization and US exercises
Maduro has mobilized 4.5 million militiamen who are inspired by the patriot Simon Bolivar. «Cannon fodder» explains the Italian source in the country. In the cities, regime change is awaited, but a pocket of loyalists remains with nothing to lose. President Trump «has gone crazy», denounces Maduro, «he thinks he is the sheriff of the world. But he is very wrong. Nobody scares us, not even the Empire.” Marine exercises in Trinidad and Tobago have been branded a “hostile provocation”.
The role of Russia, China, Iran and Cuba
Trump wants to get his hands on Venezuela’s oil, but the country enjoys the support of Russians, Chinese and Iranians. Cuban advisors in the secret services guarantee the president’s security. «The Chinese are sending weapons, but the Russians have evacuated non-essential personnel. Cubans are the janissaries of the regime.” October 27th Putin ratified the partnership treaty with Venezuela, which however does not provide direct military assistance.
Italian reactions and pro-Maduro movements
Maduro wrote a long letter to Trump declaring himself not involved in drug trafficking. His “friends” in Italy are also mobilizing in his defense: the grillini keep a low profile, while the Comite Internacional de America Latina y Caribe and the group 26 of July based in Milan, connected to the Communist Network, they ride the protest.
The leader of the Network is the professor of economics at Sapienza University, Luciano Vasapolloimmortalized with Maduro during a visit to Venezuela, defined as “a hope, not a threat”. Mobilize too Change course and darefar-left student organizations. The opposition has a secret plan “for the first 100 days”. Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader, thanks Trump for the pressure on Maduro. Edmundo Gonzalez, in exile in Spain, is preparing to return: since 2024 he claims to have won the presidential elections, but Maduro has reconfirmed himself thanks to fraud denounced by international observers.
Strategic objectives and final scenarios
The head of state of Colombia is also in Trump’s sights, Gustavo Petrosanctioned with his entire family and the Minister of the Interior Armando Alberto Benedetti, accused of favoring drug cartels. The Italian source says: «I saw fast Iranian boats armed with rockets. The Venezuelan armed forces place anti-aircraft batteries on the beaches.” These are the first drone and missile targets of the war in the Caribbean.
