U.S. military has carried four deadly strikes<\/a> in the Caribbean since it increased its maritime forces for what for what Trump has declared an \u201carmed conflict\u201d with drug cartels.<\/p>\nMaduro\u2019s government, however, maintains that the White House is using drug trafficking only as an excuse for the operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ulterior motive remains the same as that which has characterized the United States of America\u2019s actions toward Venezuela for more than 26 years: to advance its \u2018regime change\u2019 policies in order to seize control of the vast natural resources found in Venezuelan territory,\u201d Samuel Moncada, Venezuela\u2019s ambassador to the U.N., wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n
Venezuela\u2019s request does not mention the nationalities of the 21 people killed in the four strikes on boats that the U.S. has claimed to have been carrying drugs. But in mentioning the four strikes, Venezuela\u2019s government offered the clearest acknowledgment yet of the first attack, which it initially doubted by arguing that a video Trump released showing the attack had been created with artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n
The Trump administration has said three of the targeted boats set out to sea from Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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