An exiled Central American journalist claimed that the Venezuelan regime is "about to end" despite authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro's "high-flowing rhetoric."
In an op-ed published in The Hill, Arturo McFields, who was also Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States,
McFields went on to say that the Trump administration is "determined to track, kill and destroy the drug cartels." He singled out the Cartel de los Soles, allegedly led by the Venezuelan regime.
And while he recalled the President Donald Trump went after criminal organizations in his first term, his administration is now "determined to finish the job."
Despite "Maduro's high-flowing rhetoric," he added, the "Chavista regime is alone and on the ropes." "China and Russia have expressed verbal solidarity but have given no indication of their willingness to intervene" on their behalf.
Strikes against vessels off the Venezuelan coast are "severely reducing drug-trafficking and therefore revenues" for the Cartel de los Soles, and the "Venezuelan military's loyalty is crumbling, and not even Cuban advisors can prevent the inevitable."
McFields concluded by claiming that "the next 90 days will be crucial to breaking up the criminal drug trafficking structures in Venezuela," speculating about the possibility that "the list of objectives could already be defined and the actions scheduled."
"The Trump administration has said that peace can only be achieved through strength, and that is what is happening now. The dictator's days are numbered," he concluded.
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