United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday authorized CIA operations against Venezuela and said he was considering carrying out ground attacks against drug cartels in the Caribbean country. The announcement prompted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to shortly thereafter call for rejecting “CIA coups” and “war in the Caribbean.” So far there have been at least […] The post Trump Authorizes CIA Ops in Venezuela as US Weighs Land Strikes appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .