Ione Wells
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364 appearances
21 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 17 Aug
Ione Wells’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We know that some of the targets of these strikes were some of the main defense bases in Caracas.
Both Fuertetuna, which is essentially the main military complex inside Caracas, is where the defense headquarters is based.
There is still a lot of unknowns about this situation, but certainly the president, Nicolás Maduro, has declared a national emergency in Venezuela.
It's the world's largest warship and the world's largest aircraft carrier.
And it is the newest, most advanced aircraft carrier that the US Navy has.
It is essentially kind of like a floating airport.
It's a ship which fighter jets can land on and take off from.
And I think its arrival in the region is certainly being seen as the latest escalation by the U.S.
when it comes to its military buildup in the Caribbean, which many observers believe is not just about targeting alleged drug trafficking vessels, but is also about putting military pressure on Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela.
Well, there has been a lot of international condemnation of Nicolás Maduro over the last couple of years, not just because of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela that has triggered large amounts of migration to the United States, millions of Venezuelans who have fled Venezuela in recent years, but also because of the fact that the last election in Venezuela last year was widely recognized internationally as neither free nor fair, and that has led to the U.S.
for example, not recognising Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
Now, another factor that has played into this is that the US has for some time accused Nicolás Maduro of being the head of a drug trafficking ring in Venezuela.
Maduro has repeatedly denied these allegations, and for his part, he has always accused the US of imperialism,
and of worsening the country's economic crisis through imposing sanctions on Venezuela.
So there has been this longstanding tension between the two nations.
Now, why many people think that this isn't just about drugs, but also about trying to put military pressure on Nicolás Maduro, is that Venezuela itself doesn't produce drugs.
large amounts of cocaine that mainly comes from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia.
There is some cocaine that is trafficked through Venezuela, but certainly it isn't the biggest drug trafficking route in the region.
And that is why many feel like given the U.S.
defines Nicolás Maduro himself as the head of a drug trafficking organization, this might be part of a wider plan to essentially try to put military pressure on him and his inner circle.
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