US president Donald Trump has reasoned that the military operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife and bring them to New York was conducted to try the leader for drug trafficking and partnering with cartels that have been designated as terrorist groups. However, Trump’s stand has few believers. Many international observers and commentators are of the view that the military intervention was meant to effect a regime change in Venezuela to suit US interests, in particular businesses hinging on the Latin American nation’s massive oil reserves.
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