Is a war on Venezuela justified?

Editor's note: A discussion of Smartmatic's role in the U.S. election system highlights ongoing controversy, with critics raising allegations about vulnerabilities and potential irregularities. Evidence is presented, and the broader debate over election integrity, including how some narratives trace the company's origins and connections back to Venezuela. Early Sunday afternoon, President Trump's Telegram account posted this Lara Logan interview of "Stolen Election" authors, Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo with the comment: "We must focus all of our energy and might on ELECTION FRAUD!" The stage seems to be set for a proxy war with Venezuela.

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U.S. Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela Has Entered A New Phase

With the cartel allegedly associated with Maduro being classified as a terrorist organization, the possibility of kinetic action has increased significantly.

By Howard Altman | November 24, 2025

The pressure on Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro continues to ratchet up. The cartel he allegedly leads was officially designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) on Monday, a move Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week increases U.S. military options in the region. In addition, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is now in Puerto Rico amid the largest U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

v Venezuela on Monday denounced the FTO designation against Cartel de los Soles, also known as Cartel of the Suns. The move was first proposed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Nov. 17.

Venezuela "categorically, firmly, and absolutely rejects the new and ridiculous fabrication by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who designates the nonexistent Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said Monday on Telegram. The move rehashes "an infamous and vile lie to justify an illegitimate and illegal intervention against Venezuela, under the classic U.S. regime change format. This new maneuver will meet the same fate as previous and recurrent aggressions against our country: failure."

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Patrick Byrne is making the rounds again and he reiterates that the Cartel de los Soles – which is the Venezuelan government – is the Top Dog of all the Latin American crime cartels. He says they've used their trillions of dollars in oil revenue to buy off and to control everyone, from news organizations, to governments, to other crime cartels, including the infamous Mexican Sinaloa Cartel. He describes Venezuela as "The central nest that all others orbit" and he likens it to the egg-laying Alien Queen in James Cameron's 1986 science fiction classic film, "Aliens."

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