Venezuela, Trump and boat strikes
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Trump beats drums of war for direct action in Venezuela
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U.S. strikes against Venezuela in international waters are a dangerous escalation and amount to "extrajudicial executions," a group of independent United Nations experts said on Tuesday.
The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, while striking vessels that it says are trafficking drugs.
Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to see Nicolás Maduro ousted. Here are the forces he has sent to the region
The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting training missions off the coast of Venezuela, reopening a military base in Puerto Rico that had been shuttered for decades,
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US military buildup in Caribbean sees bombers, Marines and warships converge near Venezuela
Experts call it "21st-century gunboat diplomacy" as U.S. positions strike-capable forces in Caribbean amid tensions with Maduro regime and cartels.
Pope Leo XIV named José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez as Venezuela ’s first saints on Sunday.
Following repeated U.S attacks on boats off the coast of Venezuela, Senator Tim Kaine has partnered with fellow Democrat Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Senator Rand Paul to force a vote to prevent war on Venezuela without approval from Congress.
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Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ as 1st saint
Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people. He has given the South American nation its first saint.
Fired by Su-30MK2V Flankers, the Russian-supplied Kh-31 anti-ship missiles are still a danger to U.S. warships operating near Venezuelan shores.