Venezuela accuses US of using ‘narco-terrorism’ allegations to justify ‘regime change’

<p>Venezuelan group known as Cartel of the Suns designated as terrorist organization despite doubts over its existence</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/visual-guide-us-military-presence-caribbean">Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean</a></p></li></ul><p>Venezuela’s government has accused the US of peddling “ridiculous hogwash” about its supposed role in sponsoring “narco-terrorism” as Washington continued to turn up the heat on Nicolás Maduro’s regime and leftwing European politicians warned South America faced being plunged into “a torrent of bloodshed”.</p><p>On Monday, the Trump administration officially <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/11/terrorist-designations-of-cartel-de-los-soles">designated a Venezuelan group known as the “Cartel de los Soles” (the Cartel of the Suns)</a> a terrorist organization – despite widespread doubts over its actual existence.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/venezuela-maduro-us-drug-cartel-terrorism">Continue reading...</a>