“The price will be incalculable”: Trump’s ultimatum to Maduro and the letter sent by the Chavista for a “direct dialogue”

LOOK: How the arrival of the f-35 fighters to Puerto Rico and take it by assault of a fishing fisheries scale the tension between the US and Venezuela?

“Thousands of people have been seriously injured, and even killed, for these ‘monsters.’ Sake them from our country right now, or the price they will pay will be incalculable!”he continued.

During the electoral campaign and after being elected president, Trump has repeatedly accused Ripe to release criminals from Venezuelan prisons to send them to USA.

In the last month The United States has substantially strengthened its military presence in the Caribbean Sea To fight drug traffickingwith the sending of an amphibious group with assault ships led by the USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7), together with USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) and the USS San Antonio (LPD-17).

The destroyers USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) were also sentthe USS Serly (DDG-107), the USS Sampson (DDG-102) and the USS Lake Erie Lanzamisiles (CG-70), as well as the USS Newport News submarine and several P-8 recognition planes.

Besides, 10 F-35 Lightning II have arrived in Puerto Rico latest generation.

Until Sunday, the US has confirmed the sinking of four vessels awarded to drug trafficking in it Caribbeannear the Venezuelan coast. These actions have left at least 14 dead among the people who were in the boats.

The government of Trump It has justified the increase in forces in the region as part of a strategy to neutralize maritime drug trafficking routes, which would be dominated by the Los Soles Cartelmafia that according to Washington is led by Ripe and the Venezuelan military and political dome.

The climb has generated diplomatic tensions with Venezuelawhich denounces that the US could be preparing an intervention in its territory to cause the fall of Ripe.

On Friday, Caracas requested an UN investigation into what he called an “unst declared war” of the United States in the Caribbean.

Maduro’s letter

The Reuters agency revealed on Saturday that last September 6 Ripe sent a letter to Trump in which he asked to resume the dialogue they had maintained through Richard Grenellthe special envoy of the White House with which Chavismo reached agreements at the beginning of this year on liberations of prisoners considered politicians and deportations.

Through a statement, Maduro confirmed on Sunday the shipment of the letter. In addition, he assured that the signs about “links with mafias and drug traffickers” are “absolutely false”. “It is the worst of fake news that has been thrown against our country to justify an escalation to an armed conflict that would do catastrophic damage to the entire continent.”

In the letter to Trump, Maduro rejected United States statements that Venezuela plays an important role in drug traffickingand pointed out that only 5% of the drug produced in Colombia is sent through their country. In addition, he stressed that of that total 70% was neutralized and destroyed by the Venezuelan authorities.

“President, I hope that together we can defeat the falsehoods that have tarnished our relationship, which must be historical and peaceful”Maduro wrote. “These and other issues will always be open to a direct and frank conversation with their special envoy (Richard Grenelll) to overcome media noise and false news ”.

Maduro told Trump that Grenell had helped quickly resolve previous accusations that Venezuela refused to return to migrants deported by the United States. “To date, this channel has worked perfectly,” he added.

About its alleged links with drug trafficking, Ripe said in the letter that “This is the most atrocious example of misinformation against our nation, intended to justify an escalation towards an armed conflict that would inflict catastrophic damage throughout the continent”.

On Sunday, the United States press asked Trump by the letter of Ripebut he avoided confirming if he received it.

“Well, I don’t want to say it, but we’ll see what happens to Venezuela. I don’t want to say it,” He responded briefly.

The military option remains intact

Andrés Gómez de la Torre, a specialist in defense and intelligence issues, warned Commerce that Trump’s ultimatum to Maduro occurs in a Scenario of “War not declared”where the words of the US president in 2019 gain validity, when he said that “all options are on the table” Venezuela.

“The migratory theme, reason for the ultimatum, is one more element that runs in paralle Washington is increasing ”, Gómez de la Torre remarked.

In that context, for Gómez de la Torre The letter sent by Maduro to Trump requesting a direct dialogue reflects the urgency of the Venezuelan president to make “presidential diplomacy”, considering that Its main counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is the most determined to promote the use of military force against Venezuela to cause the fall of the Chavista leader and its entire dome.

The analyst recalled that Richard Grenell keeps the negotiation route open, although he remarked that previous experiences such as Barbadosto grant electoral guarantees to the Venezuelan opposition in 2024 (something that finally did not happen), show that The conversations served more to delay the problems to solve them.

Finally, Gómez de la Torre warned that the deployment of F-35 fighters in Puerto Rico is not only a diplomatic pressure exercisebut also a political message about Washington’s ability to execute surgical operations, similar to those that made Israeli planes of this model against Hamas leaders in Qatar, for example.

The background, said the analyst, is that the US seeks to make it clear that it keeps intact the option of a direct military action against Chavism.

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