Days earlier the Pentagon’s boss, Pete Hegseth, had ordered her to sail to the Caribbean, part of a vast and unexplained military build-up in the region. By early October, more than ten percent of all deployed American naval assets were located in the area controlled by the Pentagon’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM),

History suggests that an effort to overthrow Nicolás Maduro could be disastrous for the region and ultimately harm the U.S.

The government of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed in a Sunday statement that it captured an alleged “mercenary group” with “direct information” from the CIA. The statement from Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez accused the alleged group of planning a “false flag operation” from around nearby Trinidad and Tobago and accused the small island nation of performing ongoing “military exercises” under “the coordination,

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro claims the U.S. is waging a war against him as the world's largest warship nears the country.

The United States Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has issued a security alert cautioning American citizens to avoid all U.

A United States Navy destroyer and a contingent of U.S. Marines have arrived in Trinidad and Tobago amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela. The forces have reportedly been deployed to hold joint drills with local forces and are likely to send a strong message to Venezuela.

The United States and Venezuela continue to step up counter-military measures following a series of boat strikes by US forces deployed to the Caribbean. But a video purporting to show multiple ships from the "US naval fleet" heading in formation toward the Venezualan coast is AI-generated and does not depict the vessels Washington has tapped for the mission.

U.S. military and intelligence actions, coupled with Venezuela’s mobilization, have raised the risk of conflict in the Caribbean.