President Trump says he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela. This comes as the U.S. says it destroyed five boats in the Caribbean Sea allegedly carrying drugs, reportedly killing 27 people; four of those boats allegedly came from Venezuela. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Trump said, “We are certainly looking at land now, because we’ve got the sea very well under control.” In response, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro lashed out at the possibility of further U.S. intervention.

President Nicolás Maduro: “No to regime change, which reminds us so much of the endless failed wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and so on. No to CIA-orchestrated coup d’états, which recall the 30,000 disappeared in the CIA-backed coups against Argentina, Pinochet’s coup and the 5,000 young people who were killed or disappeared.”