In response to the U.S. floating warships off Venezuela’s coast like passive-aggressive Secret Santas, Maduro doubled down on troop deployments to key oil and beach tourism zones. In unrelated news, Venezuela’s new Christmas mascot is a soldier in a Santa hat riding an armored llama named Feliz Navidad.

As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that recent incidents between his country and the United States are an "aggression" by the U.S., not tensions between the two countries, and that there is no communication between the governments.

Venezuela Interior minister Diosdado Cabello alleged Saturday the CIA was leading an operation headed by U.S ... "Any claims of U.S. involvement in a plot to overthrow Maduro are categorically false," the email said. "The United States continues to ...

At the end of 1989, President George H.W. Bush ordered an invasion of Panama. One of his justifications was that the Panamanian strongman, Manuel Noriega, was a drug smuggler. With more than 25,000 troops and 300 aircraft, the invasion was a quick success. Noriega wound up in jail and the new regime was pro-American.

U.S. President Donald Trump refused to rule out removing Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, as relations sour between the U.S. and Venezuela and the White House plugs on with its war on drug cartels in the region.

Trump's naval and marine deployment to the Venezuelan coast targets drug traffickers and seeks to pressure Nicolás Maduro's regime.

Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are rising amid a large U.S. naval buildup in the Southern Caribbean and nearby waters, which U.S. officials say aims to address threats from Latin American drug cartels.

The Venezuelan government has announced a massive recruitment drive, while Washington has stepped up its warnings after a week of heightened tensions

A recently declassified intelligence memo suggests that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is likely not explicitly directing the activities of the criminal gang Tren de Aragua in the United States. However, it says his leaders and officials probably ...