Venezuela’s Maduro urges Trump to avoid Afghanistan-style ‘forever war’
Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smugglersExplainer: is US preparing to attack Venezuela?Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump not to lead the US into an Afghanistan-style “forever...
<p>Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smugglers</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-drugs-regime-change">Explainer: is US preparing to attack Venezuela?</a></p></li></ul><p>Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump not to lead the US into an Afghanistan-style “forever war”, as the American military buildup in the region intensified and Trump’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed to purge the Americas of “narco-terrorists”.</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/world/video/president-maduro-venezuela-unite-stefano-pozzebon-latam-intl">Speaking to CNN</a> outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, Maduro called on Trump to make peace, not war, after the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/navy-carrier-trump-drugs-caribbean-latin-america">arrived in the region</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/14/venezuela-maduro-urges-trump-to-avoid-afghanistan-style-forever-war">Continue reading...</a>
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