Venezuela, Trump and Drugs
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A U.S. court auction of Venezuelan-owned U.S. refiner Citgo is heating up after delays as bidders raise their offers, good news for creditors seeking compensation from the South American nation for debt defaults and a wave of nationalizations under late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
The U.S. is deploying 3 guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American cartels.
The U.S. military has also reportedly deployed several vessels to the southern Caribbean, as part of President Trump's crackdown on Latin American drug cartels.
Pedestrians crossing the Simon Bolivar bridge between Venezuela and Colombia. Franco-Chilean national Camilo Castro was detained in June at a similar border crossing farther north, his family said. A French national is being detained without cause in ...
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In an effort to crack down on drug cartels, a source briefed on the matter tells NBC News that three U.S. warships will be sent near Venezuela. A U.S. official says the ships will be used for intel gathering and surveillance from international waters.
Triple-digit inflation, low wages, shrinking foreign aid, and deep cuts to food subsidies are causing millions of Venezuelans to struggle to put food on the table.
The president has "pushed for using the U.S. military to thwart cartels he blames for the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs," said The Associated Press. As part of this military force, Trump dispatched a trio of U.