Trump announced the destruction of a large facility in Venezuela

US President Donald Trump announced the destruction of a large facility in Venezuela. He stated this on December 29 at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.

"There was a large explosion in the port area where boats are loaded with drugs... So we hit all these boats, and then we hit the zone itself — this is the zone where all this is being implemented, where it is being implemented. And this zone no longer exists," the head of the White House commented on the incident.

The president did not specify which facility in Venezuela he was referring to.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on December 27 that the United States would not be able to impose a colonial management model on his country in order to appropriate natural resources. According to the President, the Venezuelan people have sufficient potential for independent development of the country.

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