Trump’s attack on Venezuela

An Exemplary Punishment

After four months of maritime siege in which the US military killed more than 100 people in alleged anti-drug trafficking operations and seized oil tankers, as well as the bombing of a small dock in northwestern Venezuela, Trump launched a large-scale attack and kidnapped de facto ruler Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who were in Fuerte Tiuna, the country's main military complex in Caracas.

In Conversation:
Simón Rodriguez
Filed under:
Essays
Location:
Venezuela
Series:
Venezuelans on Venezuela