{"id":288187,"date":"2025-10-18T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/target-venezuela-drug-war-or-us-power-grab-mapped-out\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:05:14","slug":"target-venezuela-drug-war-or-us-power-grab-mapped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/target-venezuela-drug-war-or-us-power-grab-mapped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Venezuela: Drug war or US power grab?  | Mapped Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AdBwca6-sSw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Target Venezuela: Drug war or US power grab?  | Mapped Out\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AdBwca6-sSw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Trump has authorized a CIA covert operation against Venezuela. His administration has already targeted \u201cdrug boats\u201d in the Caribbean. Dozens of people have been killed, and UN rights experts have called the US strikes extrajudicial executions. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro says it is about taking control of the oil-rich nation. Trump calls Maduro a \u201cnarcoterrorist\u201d and has declined to answer if the goal is regime change in Venezuela. Is it just about drugs? Or is something bigger going on that might affect the entire region? And how will Venezuela\u2019s backers, Russia and China react? <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#trump #maduro #cia #drugwars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has authorized a CIA covert operation against Venezuela. His administration has already targeted \u201cdrug boats\u201d in the Caribbean. Dozens of people have been killed, and UN rights experts have called the US strikes extrajudicial executions. 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