SCMP frames escalation with comforting euphemisms—"covert action", "weighs land operations", "traffickers"—that sanitize blows to Venezuelan sovereignty and ignore fishermen terrified by strikes. Counting boats and alleged kills with no legal scrutiny normalizes intervention. This reads like Pro–Counter-Narcoterrorism (US-led) spin, not journalism. #Venezuela #Sovereignty https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3329172/trump-says-hes-authorised-cia-operate-venezuela?module=top_story&pgtype=section