In a dramatic escalation of US-Venezuelan tensions, military strikes inside Venezuela have ignited not only explosions in Caracas but also fierce debate in Washington about whether the White House acted outside constitutional bounds.
Trump announced early today that United States forces had carried out what he described as 'large-scale strikes' against Venezuelan targets and had captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Trump said the couple would be flown out of the country to face criminal charges, including 'narco-terrorism' offences, echoing a 2020 US indictment. The White House, however, offered no publicly disclosed documentation of congressional authorisation for these operations.
