The Trump administration has covertly authorized the CIA to conduct lethal operations in Venezuela, reporting says, as Amnesty International USA condemns the administration’s latest strike as “murder.”

The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Trump administration has given the CIA the authorization to “carry out lethal operations in Venezuela,” including operations to undermine Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and other operations in the Caribbean.

The report comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had carried out a sixth strike on a boat in the Caribbean that killed six people. These attacks, as well as Trump’s unilateral declaration of an “armed conflict” and ending of diplomatic talks, have marked a major escalation against Venezuela in

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