US President Donald Trump confirmed authorising CIA covert operations in Venezuela and is weighing land strikes, following US military attacks on drug-smuggling boats. Lawmakers and human rights groups have raised concerns over legality, oversight, and potential escalation of conflict in the region

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was weighing carrying out land operations on the country. The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela by the US spy agency comes after the US military in recent weeks carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. US forces have destroyed at least five boats since early September, killing 27 people, and f

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