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Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar mentioned to Fox Business that the push for stronger action against Nicolás Maduro’s government is primarily driven by economic factors.
U.S. oil companies could benefit greatly if Caracas is overthrown.
Salazar framed the call for more aggressive tactics and potential military involvement as a way to reintroduce American energy companies to Venezuela’s vast oil industry, referring to this as “very good news for the American economy.”
Salazar mentions that a post-Maduro Venezuela would be open to American oil firms because the country boasts one of the largest proven oil reserves globally.
Yet, due to years of underfunding, damage to the oil infrastructure, sanctions and a breakdown in governance, even with a political change, it would take a huge amount of capital, time and stable security guarantees to restore production to its former levels.
What the congresswoman said
Salazar told host David Asman that Maduro understands that “we’re about to go in,” arguing the prospect of U.S. action would open a “field day” for American oil companies and generate “more than a trillion dollars in economic activity.”
She tied the decision to security issues, stating that Venezuela has become a launchpad for hostile groups and accusing Maduro of leading the so-called “Cartel de los Soles.”
She approved of the Trump administration’s identification of that network as a foreign terrorist organization and argued that harsher steps — including the removal of Maduro — are justified for both criminal and strategic purposes.
Official U.S. action and military posture
U.S. forces and naval units have been dispatched to the Caribbean and eastern Pacific as part of a campaign targeting narcotics and exerting pressure.
The Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group has made its way into the region as part of a wider buildup that U.S. officials describe as intended to intercept drug-smuggling vessels and disrupt trafficking networks.
U.S. forces have initiated a series of strikes against vessels that the administration alleges were engaged in drug trafficking.
Human rights groups, many regional governments and some international legal experts have raised concerns about deadly strikes at sea, the absence of clear congressional authorization for military operations in the area, and the risks of collateral damage and escalation.
The legal and criminal claims cited by the US
In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice made public an indictment charging Maduro and several senior Venezuelan officials with narco-terrorism and related crimes.
The DOJ materials detail alleged connections between high-ranking Venezuelan officials and the Cartel de los Soles.
Caracas has dismissed U.S. accusations and condemned U.S. military deployments as an attempt to overthrow a sovereign government. The Venezuelan government and its allies characterize U.S. actions as coercive and destabilizing.
Latest development
By: Ting Shen – Pool via CNP / MEGA
Salazar has asserted that Maduro lost the 2024 election by an “80-20” margin and had told President Joe Biden he would resign if he was defeated.
She alleged that there were about 30,000 Cuban military personnel in Venezuela who were preventing Maduro from leaving, while U.S. forces were preparing for a situation akin to “Panama No. 2.”
“This is going to be very similar to Panama,” she explained, adding, “I was there — I was a news reporter — and I remember when the Marines were walking in and the Panamanian girls were asking them to marry them.”
The opposition in Venezuela, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, has a “100-day plan” ready to take charge and plans to work with American oil and mineral companies once Maduro is removed.
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