Trump’s Cartel Hoax: How Washington Uses Venezuela to Sell War

Truth Under Siege: MintPress News Needs You This is an urgent call to action. One of our main funding lines has been cut and MintPress News could be forced to shut down without your support. Support the fundraiser The Trump administration is beating the drums of war in Latin America. Washington has placed a $50 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of running a cocaine empire called the Cartel of the Suns. But experts say the cartel barely registers on the DEA’s radar. Instead, the U.S. is inflating it into a narco-state menace — a pretext for regime change and invasion. MintCast hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod are joined by: Diego Sequera , journalist with Misión Verdad in Caracas Leonardo Flores , co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and former analyst at Venezuela’s embassy in Washington Together, they expose how Washington is weaponizing myths about drug trafficking to justify intervention — and why Venezuela remains at the heart of Latin America’s anti-imperialist struggle. 👉 Watch the video version on YouTube: Support the show MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch , YouTube , Twitter and Instagram .

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This episode was published on Sep 12, 2025.

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