As US-Venezuela tensions have long simmered, Trump’s alleged ultimatum may tip relations to boiling pointDeadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the CaribbeanWeeks of saber-rattling, dark threats and a US military buildup not seen in Latin America since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis led on 21 November, somewhat anti-climactically, to a telephone call, when Donald Trump rang the man he has cast as his arch-adversary, Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.By Trump’s own account, it was less an attempt at opening dialogue en route to a mutually beneficial compromise than a bid to up the ante by imparting an ultimatum. Continue reading...
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