Fears of an imminent US attack set off alarm bells in Venezuela
The government understands that the US warships anchored in the Caribbean Sea are not focusing on alleged drug shipments as much as they are on President Maduro and his closest aides
Trump decides that the United States has entered into war with the drug cartels
The move comes after US forces sank three boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean over the past month
Venezuela denounces deployment of US fighter jets near its territory: ‘It’s a provocation’
The warning comes after Trump sent a confidential notice to Congress stating that the United States is in a ‘noninternational armed conflict’ with drug cartels
The UN documents deepening repression in Venezuela amid escalating tension with the US
The fact-finding mission found arbitrary arrests, sexual abuse in prisons, and disappearances of human rights activists and politicians. Caracas rejected the accusations and discredited the mission’s work
Venezuela on high alert amid escalating Trump pressure
The White House is deploying missiles in the Caribbean while sending continuous, alarming messages to Chavismo
The migrant community trapped by Trump: ‘We voted to remove Maduro from power, not to remove Venezuelans from the United States’
Venezuelans in the US are bewildered and nervous as the Republican administration seeks to end their immigration protections. The president is also pressuring the Maduro regime like never before
Venezuela expands ties with Russia amid escalating tensions with the United States
The Maduro regime also released images of fighter jets armed with anti-ship missiles
Venezuela announces military maneuvers in the Caribbean
Operation Caribe Soberano 200, a response to the U.S. military deployment in the region, will mobilize 2,500 soldiers on the island of La Orchila
United States subjects Maduro to psychological terror: ‘The wrath of God will fall upon you like thunder’
Military operations in the Caribbean have been accompanied by a strategy of pressure through intimidating messages
Trump says the United States attacked third vessel in the Caribbean
The US president disclosed a new operation on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, but offered no further details
The US maintains its hostilities against Venezuela
Washington increases its pressure against Chavismo, which believes an invasion is imminent
Venezuela’s leaders avoid internal rupture as they prepare for a possible US invasion
President Nicolás Maduro and his closest circle are convinced that Washington will start a war, and have enjoined citizens to hone their shooting skills
Florida’s Cubans are now divided on Trump: ‘He acts like Fidel’
The Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
Venezuela launches offensive to show the US and the world it is fighting drug trafficking
The Venezuelan government says it has deployed troops to the border and insists that the flow of drugs through its territory is minimal
Trump and Maduro, on the warpath
The Venezuelan government has announced a massive recruitment drive, while Washington has stepped up its warnings after a week of heightened tensions
The Cartel of the Suns, the criminal network pitting the US against Venezuela
Washington’s latest offensive against the Maduro government is sowing uncertainty in the region, with the war on drugs as a backdrop
The mystery of the boat pulverized by a missile in the middle of the Caribbean
Most of the 11 occupants of the vessel — which departed from Venezuela and was blown up by the United States — came from a small coastal town taken over by drug trafficking
Two Venezuelan fighter jets fly over US warship in ‘show of force’
The Pentagon argues that the ‘highly provocative move was designed to interfere’ with its ‘counter narcoterrorism operations’
For struggling Venezuelans, specter of US invasion is a remote concern: ‘We’ve been hearing the same story for a while’
The state of maximum alert declared by President Maduro is clashing with the priorities of the population, which lives day-to-day in permanent economic stress
United States and Venezuela: Six years of maximum tension
The attack on an alleged drug-running vessel marks a milestone in the strained relations between the two countries
US increases pressure on Maduro with strike that kills 11 off the Venezuelan coast
The president of Venezuela has so far avoided any direct mention of the destruction of an alleged drug boat. The Chavista government has been under unprecedented military pressure for weeks
US kills 11 people in strike against alleged drug boat from Venezuela
President Trump confirmed the operation, accusing the ship of carrying drugs and of having ties to the Tren de Aragua criminal organization
Maduro warns the US: ‘If Venezuela was attacked, we would declare an armed struggle’
The president says his country is facing the greatest threat Latin America has seen in 100 years: ‘We are witnessing how the Miami mafia has seized political power in the White House and the State Department’
Waiting for Mr. Marshall in Venezuela
Washington has had conflicting opinions that converge around the need to control drug trafficking in the Caribbean, punish Maduro and end the Cartel of the Suns without mobilizing troops on the ground
Nicolás Maduro entrenches himself behind the banner of foreign threat
Chavismo responds to Washington’s maneuvers with troop mobilizations, enlistment campaigns and nationalist messages
US military pressure on Venezuela bolsters asylum claims for thousands of migrants
Recent security operations ordered by the White House in the Caribbean strengthen the case of those facing deportation who fear returning to their home countries
Threat of military intervention against drug trafficking escalates tensions between the US and Venezuela
Maduro is increasing the pressure on critical voices within Chavismo, while the White House assures that it will use ‘every element’ of power to curb the narco trade