An article by The New York Times newspaper that the United States is considering three scenarios for the use of military force against Venezuela in order to overthrow its president Nicolas Maduro is “full of mistakes.” This was stated by the US President’s Envoy for Special Assignments Richard Grenell.
“This NYT publication is full of errors. This is not a news story, but a comment that belongs on the editorial page,” he wrote on Twitter.
Grenell did not give any other comments on the article.
According to information published in The New York Times, the US government is considering three possible scenarios for a military operation against Venezuela in order to remove President Maduro from power.
The first of them involves airstrikes against Venezuelan military installations in order to weaken the president’s support from the country’s armed forces. The second scenario involves the use of US Navy special forces to capture or eliminate the President of Venezuela. The third option suggests that the United States may send its forces to Venezuela to seize airports, oil fields and other infrastructure facilities.
Earlier, the Miami Herald found out that the White House had approved strikes against military targets in Venezuela. This information was later confirmed to the New York Post by a source in the White House.
Earlier, Venezuela asked the UN Security Council to intervene in the situation with the United States. The Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia, Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez, expressed the opinion that Washington uses the drug trade as a reason to start a war.