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Jordan Goudreau must answer for Venezuela debacle

By Tom Rogan

Published May 5, 2020 4:58pm ET

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Jordan Goudreau must answer for Venezuela debacle — Nicolas Maduro announced that he is increasing Venezuela's minimum wage by 40%. But seeing as Venezuela's inflation rate already increased by at least 1,000% last year, Maduro's gambit is only likely to increase the already-catastrophic suffering of his people. | Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press

Launching a disastrous operation into Venezuela, apparently without the approval of interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido or the U.S. government, Jordan Goudreau has made a terrible mistake.

A former U.S. Army Green Beret who now heads up a security firm in Florida, Goudreau on Sunday released a video alongside a former Venezuelan military officer announcing “Operation Gideon.” The plan was to liberate Venezuela and capture the illegal occupier of the presidency, Nicolas Maduro.

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