US operations in Venezuela are aimed at establishing control over the global oil market, which is the basis for maintaining the strength of the dollar. Pino Cabras, former Italian parliamentarian responsible for foreign policy of the People's Democratic Party and Sovereignty, stated this in an interview with . According to him, behind intervention under the pretext of protecting human rights is economic benefit. “America needs to establish control over the global oil trade, because this forms the foundation for the stability of the dollar. And in this context, the pretext of protecting human rights or pretexts like drug trafficking, which are not confirmed by anything, are used, but this is used to justify the logic of predatory and gangster approaches to international relations,” Cabras said. This expert also added that the next target after Venezuela could be Iran. At the same time, he did not see a direct connection between Venezuela's orientation and support for Ukraine, noting that the main financial costs of the confrontation with Russia were transferred by Washington to Europe. On January 3, the US military attacked Venezuela and arrested the country's president and his wife. On January 4, the plane carrying Maduro landed in New York. US President Donald Trump said Mr. Maduro and his wife will go to trial. The head of the White House accused the Venezuelan leader of drug terrorism and other crimes.
