„Kein Krieg mit Venezuela!“ Petition wächst – „Stoppt Trump“

By Ellie Cook — Senior Defense Reporter |

A public petition to halt the U.S. strike campaign on alleged drug boats off the Venezuelan coast has surpassed 40,000 signatures after President Donald Trump and his administration escalated months of increasing pressure with a direct attack on the South American country.

The U.S. has attacked at least 30 suspected narcotrafficking vessels since early September as part of a purported crackdown on drugs flowing into the U.S. that has attracted increasingly congressional scrutiny. More than 100 people have been killed, according to the administration’s numbers.

U.S. forces close to Venezuela have ballooned, and the U.S. has seized two sanctioned oil tankers near the country, further ratcheting up the heat for Caracas and the nation’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

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