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In August 2025 the [[United States]] assembled a strike package off the coast of Venezuela, capable of launching at least 268 [[Tomahawk cruise missile]]s, as well as amphibious assault ships capable of landing around 4,000 [[U.S. Marines]] and [[nuclear war|nuclear attack]] [[submarine]]s. The warships represented ~12% of the entire [[U.S. Navy]] then at sea. Reports indicated that the [[CIA]] had [[sabotage]] groups boots on the ground. It was joined in November 2025 by the supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest [[aircraft carrier]] in the world. The operational cost of the strike force standing idly by was $18 million per day, or more than half of a Billion [[dollar]]s per month.
In August 2025 the [[United States]] assembled a strike package off the coast of Venezuela, capable of launching at least 268 [[Tomahawk cruise missile]]s, as well as amphibious assault ships capable of landing around 4,000 [[U.S. Marines]] and [[nuclear war|nuclear attack]] [[submarine]]s. The warships represented ~12% of the entire [[U.S. Navy]] then at sea. Reports indicated that the [[CIA]] had [[sabotage]] groups boots on the ground. It was joined in November 2025 by the supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest [[aircraft carrier]] in the world. The operational cost of the strike force standing idly by was $18 million per day, or more than half of a Billion [[dollar]]s per month.
In a special military operation early on January 3, 2026, the [[United States]] captured and removed [[Nicolás Maduro]] from Venezuela, for a trial in [[New York City]] on drug-related charges.
In a special military operation early on January 3, 2026, the [[United States]] bombed several locations. The bomb attacks were likely planned to hit [[air-defense system]]s. But several targets were purely administrative government places and one was a mausoleum with [[Hugo Chavez]]'s body.
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With the air defenses defeated [[U.S. special forces]] landed by [[helicopter]] near a place that housed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Both are said to have been abducted and flown out of the country. Maduro was known to often change the place where he was living. The ''[[New York]]'' claimed that a [[CIA]] source was involved:
{{Cquote|A [[C.I.A.]] source within the Venezuelan government monitored the location of Nicolás Maduro in both the days and moments before his capture by [[American]] [[special operation forces]], according to people briefed on the operation.
The American spy agency, the people said, produced the intelligence that led to the capture of Mr. Maduro, monitoring his position and movements with a fleet of stealth [[drone]]s that provided near constant monitoring over Venezuela, in addition to the information provided by its Venezuelan sources.<ref>https://archive.ph/vhNga#selection-511.0-515.92</ref>}}
The human source claim sounds plausible. (The stealth drone fleet doesn’t.)
But where were the body guards that should have been looking after Maduro 24/7? Why was none of the U.S. helicopters shot down? This was either a huge failure or treason. Who gave the order to the military to hold its fire?
Maduro was brought to the states and incarcerated. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez became acting President and Defense Minister [[Diosdado Cabello]] remained in place. The government issued a fierce statement:
{{Cquote|The objective of this attack is none other than to seize Venezuela’s [[strategic]] [[resources]], particularly its [[oil]] and [[REM|mineral]]s, in an attempt to forcibly break the [[nation]]'s [[political]] [[independence]]. They will not succeed. After more than 200 years of independence, the people and their [[legitimate]] [[government]] remain steadfast in defending their [[sovereignty]] and their [[inalienable right]] to decide their own destiny. The attempt to impose a [[colonial]] [[war]] to destroy the [[republican]] form of government and force a "[[regime change]]," in alliance with the [[fascist]] [[oligarchy]], will fail like all previous attempts.}}
The government called on its people to defend the country.
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