The United States is upping its aggressive ante in a standoff with Venezuela, designating the country’s Cartel of the Suns a terrorist organization on Monday, with President Nicolas Maduro as its leader.

It gives U.S. President Donald Trump ” a lot of options ,” up to and including direct military attacks on Venezuelan territory, to go after a group accused of drug trafficking and human trafficking and of supporting the better-known Mexican Sinaloa and Tren de Aragua cartels.

Over and above the threat of an American-led war in the western hemisphere, there are at least two reasons that Canadians should pay attention to what is happening in Venezuela — both related to the weaponization of information.

First, the U.S. escalations against Venezuela raise questions about the future of

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