Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro pleads Donald Trump as U.S. deploys destroyers, submarines, and special forces in the Caribbean. Maduro warns that Venezuela faces an imminent threat of invasion while Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez vows any CIA covert operation will fail.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday launched a plea in English as tensions mount between Washington and Caracas: "No crazy war, please!" Maduro's comment came after United States (US) President Donald Trump said he had authorised covert action against the South American nation,

Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean.

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

President Trump used choice words to explain why Venezuela Nicolás Maduro has offered the United States stake in Venezuela's natural resources.