{"id":53144,"date":"2025-10-27T02:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T02:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-venezuelans-think-about-u-s-military-presence-regime-change-and-president-maduro\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T02:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T02:32:29","slug":"what-venezuelans-think-about-u-s-military-presence-regime-change-and-president-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-venezuelans-think-about-u-s-military-presence-regime-change-and-president-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"What Venezuelans think about U.S. military presence, regime change and President Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>This month, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and a 60 Minutes team walked into a central\u00a0 market in Caracas, Venezuela, to speak to people after weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rare-look-inside-nicolas-maduros-venezuela-as-us-heightens-campaign-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">escalating tension between their country and the United States<\/a>. It was a rare chance for American journalists to enter the oil-rich country.<\/p>\n<p>They found a palpable sense of unease and uncertainty among Venezuelan citizens; some worried about a possible U.S. ground invasion or air strikes in their country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have kids [and] grandkids, and my mother is still alive. I&#8217;m scared Venezuela is going to be bombed for no reason,&#8221; a Caracas woman told 60 Minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since August, eight warships have been stationed just off the Venezuelan coast and over 10,000 American troops are in the region.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the U.S. military began bombing boats that the Trump administration alleges were part of a drug smuggling operation led by Venezuela&#8217;s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the strikes have destroyed 10 boats and more than three dozen people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea,&#8221; President Trump told the media in a press conference. &#8220;But we&#8217;re going to stop them by land also,&#8221; he said, alluding to targeted strikes in Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many close observers believe the increased pressure on Venezuela has an unstated goal: forcing Maduro out of office.<\/p>\n<p>A former top diplomat to Venezuela, Ambassador James Story, who served in President Trump&#8217;s first term and under President Joe Biden, told 60 Minutes that the U.S. could oust him by force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The assets are there to do everything up to and including decapitation of [the] government,&#8221; Story told Alfonsi in an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, has the decision been made? That I don&#8217;t know. But it does look increasingly likely\u2026 some action may take place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alfonsi interviewed Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who counts many Venezuelan immigrants among his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is this about anti-narcotics or is this about removing Maduro?&#8221; 60 Minutes asked the senator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s primarily about narco[-trafficking], and all the drugs coming in,&#8221; Scott told Alfonsi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad Trump&#8217;s doing what he&#8217;s doing. And I do hope Maduro&#8217;s out of power. I mean, I want him gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After months of negotiations, and amidst escalating tensions with the Trump White House, Maduro agreed to do an interview with 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Michael Karzis was able to obtain a journalism visa through the Maduro government for himself, Alfonsi and a 60 Minutes crew.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Maduro government granted us a rare visa\u2026 with the intention and understanding that we were gonna do an interview with President Maduro,&#8221; he told 60 Minutes Overtime.<\/p>\n<p>After the team arrived in Caracas, they set up lights and cameras in the basement ballroom of a hotel, a location hand-picked by the Maduro government.<\/p>\n<p>At the last minute, as the interview was expected to begin, the team received a phone call.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The defense minister and President Maduro&#8217;s chief intelligence officer called the interview off because of safety concerns,&#8221; Karzis explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we reset,&#8221; Alfonsi told 60 Minutes Overtime. &#8220;[We] said, &#8216;OK, what are we gonna do? What can we go see? Let&#8217;s go talk to people.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next day, they headed to a busy market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>60 Minutes wanted to learn what Venezuelans thought of the American military presence just off the coast and whether Maduro could, or should, be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d ask people questions, and they&#8217;d kind of back off\u2026 they&#8217;re nervous that somebody&#8217;s listening from the regime,&#8221; Alfonsi told 60 Minutes Overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the last presidential election, 70% of the vote went to the opposition. It wasn&#8217;t even close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Maduro refused to leave, effectively stealing the presidency. Protests were met with brutal crackdowns, which the United Nations says included jailing, torturing and even killing opposition supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonsi asked one woman, a 20-year-old mother, what would happen if the Maduro regime was no longer in charge of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Venezuela would change and we would all be free,&#8221; she told Alfonsi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young woman told 60 Minutes that she understands speaking out against the government is not &#8220;smart&#8221; but she wanted to do so anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not in favor of the government; I am against it. I wish this world would change, so I could have a better future,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three days before the vote, they offer a bonus to vote the way the government wants.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alfonsi asked a young man in his late 20s if he thought Maduro could be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, if necessary,&#8221; the young man said. &#8220;If they replace him with someone better, they should.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every Venezuelan 60 Minutes spoke with objected to the Trump administration&#8217;s accusation that Venezuela is running a drug manufacturing and trafficking operation with Maduro as its figurehead.<\/p>\n<p>One man, who was wearing a hat with the insignia of a civilian-military organization, said the accusation didn&#8217;t make sense given the country mainly exports oil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The country of Venezuela doesn&#8217;t need to rely on drugs because we are a petroleum country. We have never cultivated a drug trade here,&#8221; he told Alfonsi.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has put a $50 million bounty for the arrest of Maduro, and more warships are now on their way into the Caribbean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karzis told 60 Minutes Overtime his sources see three potential outcomes for the embattled president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He packs his bags and leaves. Or he&#8217;s [arrested]&#8230; or he can meet his maker,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a question of if, but a question of when.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The video above was produced by Will Croxton. It was edited by Nelson Ryland. 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