Trump indicates approval of CIA action against Venezuela - Americas - The Jakarta Post

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Trump has previously said that he is not looking at regime change in Venezuela, while at the same time accusing Maduro of stealing last year's presidential election and being "illegitimate.
58% : But the moves have been widely condemned in Latin America and fears are mounting in Caracas that Trump is seeking regime change.
50% : Asked if he had given the CIA authority to "take out" Maduro, Trump replied: "That's a ridiculous question for me to be given.
50% : " Trump added that he was weighing up whether to expand US military actions against alleged Venezuelan drug cartels to the land after a series of deadly naval strikes on alleged drug boats.
50% : Maduro earlier ordered military exercises in the country's biggest shantytowns after the latest alleged drug-boat strike on Tuesday, which Trump said had killed six "narcoterrorists.
50% : " Trump accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel -- charges Maduro denies.
50% : Machado dedicated the award to Trump -- who had campaigned for the award for himself.
46% : In a message on the social network Telegram, Maduro said he was mobilizing the military, police and a civilian militia to defend Venezuela's "mountains, coasts, schools, hospitals, factories and markets.
45% : "We are certainly looking at land now, because we've got the sea very well under control," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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