Venezuela is feeling the brunt of Trump’s unorthodox approach to unsanctioned military action as another boat from the deep south carrying drugs is sunk. There are murmurs that this is just the first target and Nicolas Maduro, the dictatorial president is the real prize. He is already hiding in one of his 63 underground bunkers lest he faced the same fate as Manuel Noriega in 1989. Maduro is in his third successive six-year term as president, after rigged elections, arrested and exiled opposition leaders. The USA now has a large naval task force in the Caribbean equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, with a US air force build up in Puerto Rico. And the US Department of Defense has rebranded itself the Department of War. A $50 million bounty has been put on Maduro for masterminding the drug networks endangering the US, twice that for Bin Laden.
One driving force on foreign policy inside the White House is Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants. He said “The president of the United States is going to wage war on narco-terrorist organisations.” The USA has already leaked the co-ordinates on social media of his deepest bunker five storeys below Simón Bolívar airport? Beijing, a Maduro ally, has already issued a statement warning the US against the “unilateral and excessive use of force”.
Venezuela, 5 July 1811 3pm Caracas, does have signs of upheaval and internal unrest in 2026 with the Solar Arc Uranus square the 4th house Pluto – with the Pluto already feeling the effects of the recent Lunar Eclipse hinting at the need for a change of attitude.
Maduro’s initial presidency chart, 19 April 2013 2.05pm does have tr Uranus conjunct the Midheaven now and into 2026 again pointing at a significant change of direction ahead. With the early 2026 Aquarius Solar Eclipse falling conjunct the Descendant and opposition the Leo Moon pointing to crisis relations with neighbours.
Maduro’s personal chart 23 November 1962 9.03 pm Caracas, has tr Uranus opposing his Sagittarius Sun Mercury now and through 2026 for a time of major disruption; plus a discouraging Solar Arc Sun conjunct his Saturn in 2026.
Trump certainly dislikes Maduro with a composite Mars Pluto conjunction in their relationship chart. As does Rubio.
Though there is nothing too specific pointing to a major escalation.
I was a volunteer French-language teacher for a group of middle-aged and elderly Venezuelan women in Québec. We share Latin cultural traits. They made me discover their extraordinary tropical food and their grief over the loss of their rich and beautiful country. They felt much safer in Canada. Maduro, once a darling of the silly left here and elsewhere, will not be missed. A kind and esteemed sister-in-law deplores the sinking of Venezuelan boats without due process. Frankly, this is one of the very few instances where I am willing to applaud the pirate in the White House. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Rubio will be Trump’s likely successor once Vance is out of the way.