re: NYT - Trump administration authorizes covert C.I.A. action in Venezuela.

With that burst of wealth, many in towns like Olea’s Villa Caleta, in the Comarca Indigenous lands, abandoned their, rice crops to carry migrants down the winding rivers.

Olea installed electricity in his one-room wooden home in the heart of the jungle. Families invested in children’s education. People built homes and more hopeful lives.

Then the money vanished. After Trump took office in January and slashed access to asylum in the U.S., migration through the Darien Gap virtually disappeared. The new economy bottomed out, and residents newly dependent on it scrambled for options.

Regime change that I can live with.

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Is there anything this could mean besides regime change? Are there any other tasks the Central Intelligence Agency is responsible for?

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Nope, every single agent plotted to assassinate a sitting President, and when they’re not busy doing that all they do is regime change. Fair warning: apparently if you think otherwise you’re a naive dummy.

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It does make you wonder why this story came out. Is someone trying to undercut Trump? MAGA world will say it's 8D chess to scare Maduro.

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And you’ll go with whatever theory you think is most damaging to Trump

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It does make you wonder why this story came out. Is someone trying to undercut Trump?

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Of course it is.

If anyone here thinks the CIA hasn't been in Venezuela for a good long time already then I don't know what to tell you. This isn't some new Trump plan.

i was listening to colonel mcgregor yesterday. he said the reason trump brought john bolton in as natl security advisor in his first term was because sheldon adelson convinced him (forced) to do it. so i wonder if the jewish lobby is the one strongly advising trump to bring in all those neocons he has surrounding him including marco rubio. this is the real reason we have wars so often. war with iran coming soon. trump has bad advisors. LINK good article by caitlin johnstone.

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Bailing out Argentina and now regime change in Venezuela.

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The past is prologue

Well, he did fund the Saudis in their genocide of Yemen. So this shouldn’t be all that surprising.

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Who does Trump think is behind the drug trade there?

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You know, that dictator running the country with a 50 million dollar bounty on his head.....

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has long faced U.S. accusations of direct involvement in drug trafficking and organized crime, particularly through networks like the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), a term referring to a patronage system within Venezuela's military and government that allegedly facilitates narcotics smuggling. More recently, the Trump administration has intensified claims linking Maduro to transnational gangs such as Tren de Aragua (TdA), a violent Venezuelan prison-origin gang involved in human trafficking, extortion, and drug trade across Latin America and the U.S. These allegations portray Maduro as a key enabler or coordinator of gang activities, though Maduro and his government vehemently deny them, calling the claims "political propaganda." U.S. intelligence is divided: some assessments suggest facilitation by regime officials, but most conclude Maduro does not directly control TdA.Key Allegations and EvidenceCartel de los Soles: This is not a traditional cartel but a network of corrupt Venezuelan officials, including military leaders, accused of profiting from cocaine shipments from Colombia through Venezuela to the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC) sanctioned it in July 2025 as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," explicitly naming Maduro as its head. Indictments claim he and allies like Diosdado Cabello have divided drug profits, with over 30 tons of cocaine seized linked to Maduro's circle. The name derives from the sun insignias on military uniforms.
Tren de Aragua Ties: TdA, founded in Tocorón prison, has expanded amid Venezuela's migration crisis, operating in the U.S. (e.g., suspected in murders and assaults). The Trump administration alleges Maduro directs TdA for "irregular warfare" against the U.S., justifying designations as a terrorist organization and mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed in August 2025 that Maduro coordinates with TdA and Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel. However, a declassified May 2025 U.S. intelligence memo states the Maduro regime "probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TdA" or directing its U.S. operations, though some officials may facilitate migration for destabilization.

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Lol... I'm sure Maduro doesn't have a "stated policy"of cooperating with TDA, that would not be wise. Governments, even dictators, keep those facts hidden.

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Seriously, this is about Maduro selling oil to China in Chinese Yuan. Noting gets the attention of the U.S. more than countries not trading in the dollar.

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Funny how only the countries that don’t deal oil in dollars are the terrorist regimes. I’m sure it’s purely coincidental.