Trump orders CIA to attack Venezuela, as US military kills innocent people

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

The United States is waging a war on Venezuela. Donald Trump authorized the CIA to carry out "lethal operations" to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, the US military has killed innocent people in boats in the Caribbean, including citizens of Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkNZCjstVI Check out our related videos: - Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Trump's war on Venezuela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc - Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7pHmYUCMk Topics 0:00 USA wages war on Venezuela 1:56 Trump authorizes CIA to attack Venezuela 3:49 Goal of US war: regime change 7:18 (CLIP) Trump on CIA ops in Venezuela 8:02 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner wants more war 9:22 (CLIP) Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado 10:30 Trump recycles Bush's "WMD" lies 11:29 Facts about drug trafficking 12:44 (CLIP) Debunking Trump's Venezuela drug lies 14:11 Coup leader wants to give Venezuelan oil to USA 15:19 (CLIP) María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil 16:13 US military kills Colombians 17:15 US military kills fishermen from Trinidad 18:48 (CLIP) Trinidad news broadcast on US strikes 19:33 Venezuela's UN ambassador condemns attacks 19:52 (CLIP) USA kills innocent people in Caribbean 20:20 In the US empire's Opposite Land, war is peace 21:08 Nobel "Peace" Prize winner requests US invasion 22:33 Outro

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