Cabello: The US could invest $10 million a day it spends on military operations in the Caribbean to treat its addicts

Published at: 17/09/2025 08:17 PM

During his Con El Mazo Dando program, the Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello Rondón, specified that U.S. imperialism, with its military operation in the Caribbean, can spend around 10 million dollars a day, “according to experts.”

“Why doesn't the United States invest in serving its people,” he said.

In this regard, during broadcast number 543, Cabello stated that the US government began the deployment on August 15, “32 days have passed today, which implies an expense of 320 million dollars.”

He specified that with this money, “68,64 treatments for people with addiction could be financed, at an average cost of 4,700 dollars per patient/year.”

He also noted that 7 million 104 thousand naloxone (antidote to fentanyl) kits could be purchased, each with two doses, at an average price of $45 per kit.

Cabello also highlighted that with 50 days in the Caribbean, 105,000 treatments could be paid for, which is the number of people who die each year from overdoses. With what has been spent so far, 67,200 of these treatments would be paid for.

The cost of a military operation in the U.S. Caribbean can cost around 10 million dollars a day, according to estimates based on budget interdiction reports from the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Mazo News Team