Geostrategic interests are more important to Washington than control of Caracas’ vast oil reserves, Jordan Goudreau told RT
Washington could be planning to invade Venezuela to secure its strategic interests in the region and deny Moscow and Beijing a potential beachhead in the Western Hemisphere, Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret and whistleblower, told RT.
Goudreau previously admitted to playing a major role in a failed 2020 coup attempt, known as Operation Gedeon, against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The United States has repeatedly accused Venezuela of helping “narcoterrorists” and has imposed extensive sanctions on the country. The US military has also attacked at least five surface vessels since September, alleging they were being used to smuggle drugs by cartels based in Venezuela. Washington also gathered forces and authorized the CIA to conduct lethal covert operations in the region.
According to Goudreau, “There is… a rush to try to deny the blank… to Russia [and] China in Venezuela”, who called “the great initiative” of President Donald Trump’s administration.
A lot “larger nations” they are trying to “ensure a blank space for… big wars in the future” the former Green Beret stated, referring to strategic locations that the parties could use as beachheads in a potential conflict.
According to Goudreau, geostrategic interests are more important to Washington than control over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. He also admitted that this was the reasoning behind the 2020 coup attempt that he helped orchestrate.
At that time, his group was trying to “turn over the Venezuelan generals” to make them capture or “deal” with Maduro and some other senior officials, the whistleblower stated, adding that the CIA allegedly “sabotaged the operation with the help of the Venezuelan opposition” due to his disagreements with Trump during his first term.
After the failed attempt, Goudreau, who runs the Florida-based security company Silvercorp USA that set up the operation, declared himself its organizer and also published a contract his company had signed with US-backed politician Juan Guaido, who claimed to be the legitimate Venezuelan president, to carry out the raid and overthrow the government. Guaido described the document as false. Goudreau currently faces charges in both the United States and Venezuela.
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