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US uses drug trafficking as pretence to force regime change in Venezuela

• Oct 16, 2025, 11:08 AM
1 min de lecture
As Donald Trump confirms CIA action in Venezuela, the US president cites concerns over drug trafficking as a way to oust Nicolas Maduro from power and enforce a regime change. It is also the sign of a new policy era for the CIA, which should be 'going places no one can go and doing things no one else can do', according to its new director John Ratcliffe. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.