US President Donald Trump says he has ‘authorised’ the CIA to operate in Venezuela as he vows to crack down on boats he says are bringing drugs into America.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro went on TV to say ‘no to coups d’etat’ in the country and believed Trump wants regime change.
Since September, the US has attacked at least five boats in the Caribbean and Trump’s administration says it is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels in Venezuela.
It’s a rare admission of the actions of the spy agency and the CIA already has a long and controversial record in South America, including being part of a coup in Chile in 1973 that gave rise to Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
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