As Trump blows up supposed narco boats, he uses an old, corrupt playbook on Latin America

With 2025 nearing its end, the article describes a volatile U.S. moment: falling consumer confidence, a $38 trillion national debt, and slipping approval for Donald Trump. Since September, U.S. warplanes have bombed at least 10 small vessels in international waters off Venezuela and Colombia, actions the administration says target drug-laden “narco-terrorists”; videos have been released. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shifted an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean to join 10,000 troops. Trump authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela and floated strikes on land targets, drawing condemnation from Colombia’s president and support from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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