{"id":3227,"date":"2025-11-26T16:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:12:35","slug":"wsj-u-s-military-and-diplomatic-pressure-on-maduro-reaches-unprecedented-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3227","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: U.S. MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON MADURO REACHES \u201cUNPRECEDENTED\u201d LEVELS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><em>The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is pushing Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to resign and leave the country peacefully amid rising regional tension.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuelan President <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong> is facing <strong>\u201cunprecedented\u201d American military and diplomatic pressure<\/strong> to step down and depart Venezuela peacefully, according to a new report from <strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WSJ cites senior U.S. officials who say the Trump administration has intensified efforts to force a <strong>political transition<\/strong>, combining escalating military posturing with high-level diplomatic outreach across Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report comes as the U.S. expands <strong>Operation Southern Spear<\/strong>, carries out maritime strikes on alleged narco-terrorist networks, and deploys strategic aircraft \u2014 including <strong>B-52 bombers<\/strong> and <strong>F\/A-18 fighters<\/strong> \u2014 near Venezuelan territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Journal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>U.S. officials have privately urged Maduro to <strong>accept safe passage out of the country<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neighboring governments have been briefed on possible <strong>contingency scenarios<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington is leveraging <strong>economic sanctions, intelligence operations, and regional alliances<\/strong> to accelerate Maduro\u2019s exit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. State Department has not publicly confirmed the reported negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maduro has repeatedly rejected U.S. pressure, vowing to remain in power and accusing Washington of \u201cimperialist aggression.\u201d Venezuelan officials have called recent U.S. military movements \u201cprovocations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation has raised concerns of a potential <strong>military confrontation<\/strong>, especially as U.S. forces increase surveillance flights and naval activity in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional diplomats told the WSJ they fear a \u201cpoint of no return\u201d if Maduro refuses to step aside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is pushing Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to resign and leave the country peacefully amid rising regional tension. 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