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The recent American strikes off Venezuela’s coast highlight a new phase in U.S. counter-narcotics strategy—one that involves kinetic operations and potentially regime destabilization tactics. While intelligence remains a mix of military, law enforcement, and criminal sources, this approach underscores the complex, high-stakes environment of regional drug trafficking and political power plays. Whether this strategy will lead to significant change or merely shift traffickers' routes remains to be seen, but it signals a more aggressive and nuanced era in Latin American security policy.