US Southern Command – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:43:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png US Southern Command – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela Describes US Southern Command Chief’s Visit to Colombia as Provocation https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-describes-us-southern-command-chiefs-visit-to-colombia-as-provocation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-describes-us-southern-command-chiefs-visit-to-colombia-as-provocation Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:42:55 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9831

“We reaffirm our concern that this American military official is reappearing in South America and has systematically interfered in the internal affairs of our country through actions and opinions aimed at destabilising it”, the statement said. Full Text -> Sputnik

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The US Southern Command closely follows the situation in Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/the-us-southern-command-closely-follows-the-situation-in-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-southern-command-closely-follows-the-situation-in-venezuela Mon, 24 May 2021 10:55:56 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9338

The US Southern Command confirmed that it was closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela. “It is a lawless state, with ELN and FARC gaining territory“, Admitted the Admiral Craig Fowler, Head of the Southern Command; And general David Bellon, New Director of Southern Command Marine Equipment. By Esmond Harmon . Full Text -> TheClevelandAmerican

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Press Briefing with Ambassador Jean Manes, and Rear Adm. Andrew Tiongson, from U.S. Southern Command https://onvenezuela.com/telephonic-press-briefing-with-u-s-southern-commands-civilian-deputy-to-the-commander-and-foreign-policy-advisor-ambassador-jean-manes-and-director-of-operations-rear-adm-andrew-tiongson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=telephonic-press-briefing-with-u-s-southern-commands-civilian-deputy-to-the-commander-and-foreign-policy-advisor-ambassador-jean-manes-and-director-of-operations-rear-adm-andrew-tiongson Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:02:17 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5313

” … under Maduro, Venezuela has become a criminal paradise of impunity for narcoterrorists and drug traffickers, and again, where the people of Venezuela are forced to endure this nightmare of insecurity. We see that. We see that tied to the drug – the illicit drug trade and one way of getting at these larger organizations, which is our goal. So, of course, we’re interested in drug smugglers, but really, as I stated previously, our goal is to get to the transnational criminal organizations, those enterprises”. Full Text-> Global Public AffairDoS

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Trump is scheduled to visit Miami-Dade on Friday https://onvenezuela.com/trump-is-scheduled-to-visit-miami-dade-on-friday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-is-scheduled-to-visit-miami-dade-on-friday Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:26:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=4329

President Donald Trump is scheduled to fly to Miami-Dade County on Friday, and he will be visiting the U.S. Southern Command in Doral, also known as “Doralzuela” because of its high population of Venezuelans. By Ross Palombo. Full Text ->Local10News

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US Military denies Trump will use force against Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/us-military-denies-trump-will-use-force-against-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-military-denies-trump-will-use-force-against-venezuela Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:28:16 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2783

Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, said in an interview that the recent decision to double anti-narcotics assets in Latin America was months in the making and not directly tied to Maduro’s indictment in New York on charges of leading a narcoterrorist conspiracy that sent 250 metric tons of cocaine a year to the U.S. Full text -> Curaçao Chronicle

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Telephonic Press Briefing with Admiral Craig Faller, Commander, U.S. Southern Command https://onvenezuela.com/telephonic-press-briefing-with-admiral-craig-faller-commander-u-s-southern-command/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=telephonic-press-briefing-with-admiral-craig-faller-commander-u-s-southern-command Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:23:50 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2757

Maduro and his cronies have been indicted as drug traffickers, and they profit enormously from illicit trade – a 50 percent increase in the illicit drug trafficking into and out of Venezuela in recent years.That makes the narcotraffickers who work in and out of Venezuela a target for our disruption, dismantlement, and defeat operations like any other transnational criminal organization.  There are no transnational criminal organizations that are exempt. Full text-> US State DEpartment

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A US warship sailed along Venezuela’s cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro https://onvenezuela.com/a-us-warship-sailed-along-venezuelas-cost-to-gather-intelligence-and-send-a-message-to-maduro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-us-warship-sailed-along-venezuelas-cost-to-gather-intelligence-and-send-a-message-to-maduro Sat, 01 Feb 2020 05:56:52 +0000 http://onvenezuela.com/?p=975

Such operations by the US are not uncommon, but US military activity around Venezuela has gotten more scrutiny amid talk by US leaders of military intervention in the South American country. By Christopher Woody. Full text-> Business insiders

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