As the United States steps up pressure on Venezuela and the Nicolás Maduro regime with a strong naval presence in the Caribbean, a former Biden administration official warns the actions taken under the Trump administration in the name of fighting drug cartels look like the prelude of a regime‑change operation.
Juan Sebastian Gonzalez, who served as senior director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council under Joe Biden, told CNN the deployment of roughly 10 percent of U.S. naval assets to the region risks escalating the conflict and creating long‑term unintended consequences.
