According to an official cited on condition of anonymity, US forces deployed in the Caribbean “are awaiting orders to attack and respond to new operations.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured on Friday, November 14, that he has already made a decision on Venezuela, although he refused to reveal what his next step will be. The statement occurred when journalists questioned him about the meetings held in recent hours with senior Pentagon commanders and the guidelines of the military operation deployed in the Caribbean.
“I’ve already decided, but I can’t tell you what it will be,” the president responded before boarding the presidential plane to Florida, where he will spend the weekend. The brief words were recorded in audio captured by a journalist during her walk to Air Force One.
Meetings with the Pentagon and plans underway
An hour before, the Washington Post exclusively revealed that Trump met this Friday with Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and other senior Pentagon officials to evaluate “a series of options” aimed at advancing his military strategy towards Venezuela.
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According to an official cited on condition of anonymity, US forces deployed in the Caribbean “are awaiting orders to attack and respond to new operations.” The same official maintained that Trump maintains a posture of “strategic ambiguity,” avoiding anticipating his movements to possible adversaries.
Climbing in the Caribbean under operation ‘Lanza del Sur’
The Southern Command published this Friday a new video showing the destruction of another vessel in the Caribbean with four alleged drug traffickers on board, who — according to the publication in X — would have been “killed” during the military action.
Since Thursday, November 14, the White House frames its maneuvers in the region under Operation “Southern Spear”, a mission whose scope remains unclear and which, according to Hegseth, is aimed at intercepting drug shipments headed to US territory.
The secrecy regarding the president’s decisions, added to the increase in military operations in the area, has increased uncertainty about Washington’s next steps regarding Venezuela.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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