Secretary of War Peter Hegseth on drug cartels: "They are ISIS, they are the al-Qaeda of our hemisphere. My message to these networks: We will hunt you down, we will eliminate you, we will seek you out."
The U.S. flew B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Maduro only days after other American warplanes carried out an "attack demonstration." More missions could come soon
5 day agoTrump confirms more than 3,000 criminal arrests, including members of the New Generation, MS-13, and Tren de Aragua organizations. "Since January 20, we have arrested more than 120,000 criminals."
5 day agoTrump: "The cartels are waging war on America, and just as I promised in the campaign, we are waging war on them”
Trump: "The cartels are the ISIS of the western hemisphere"
Venezuela's defense minister vows to thwart any CIA operation against his country.
5 day agoVladimir Padrino López: "We know the CIA is present in Venezuela."
5 day agoTwo U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers flew a Caribbean patrol today, entering Venezuela’s ADIZ and nearing within 80 km of the coast, briefly switching off transponders in what appeared to be a strike simulation. The mission follows earlier B-52 and F-35 flights near Venezuela this month
5 day agoThe White House evades answering whether it will "seek regime change" in Venezuela: "I'm not going to get ahead of the president (Trump)." "What we've made clear is that this administration will not tolerate international narcoterrorism to bring drugs into the US."
The White House says an announcement on drug cartels will be made at 3:00 p.m. ET, per the White House pool
US Secretary of Defense: The raid was carried out in international waters, killing two drug-smuggling militants. None of our soldiers were injured.
Delcy Rodríguez accuses Marco Rubio of promising Venezuelan gas to Trinidad and Tobago: "They have to pay for it. Anything else is unnatural."
According to an advisor to the Prime Minister of a U.S.-ally nation and one diplomatic source, “allied countries” have been briefed about a possible upcoming escalation in the Caribbean
1 week agoMaduro: "Colombia knows we are one, Siamese twins, and whatever happens with Colombia is with Venezuela, and whatever happens with Venezuela is with Colombia, as a Colombian military officer wrote to me two weeks ago: if you touch Venezuela, you touch Colombia, we are one homeland, and we don't say that just for the sake of it. I know what I'm saying."
1 week agoMaría Corina Machado spoke with Rodrigo Paz, president-elect of Bolivia, and says that Venezuela is counting on him to free itself from Maduro's tyranny.
Petro advocates for "letting democracy express itself" in Venezuela: "Maduro and María Corina still have the option of paving the way."
1 week agoThe U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has issued an alert to U.S. citizens on the island, urging them to stay away from U.S. government facilities throughout the weekend.
1 week agoDonald Trump shares video of the bombing of the drug-laden submarine
1 week agoVenezuela is moving troops into position and mobilizing what President Maduro asserts is a 'millions-strong militia' amid the biggest US military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1980s, according to the WSJ
María Corina Machado defends U.S. actions against drug trafficking and urges Latin American leaders to demand Maduro's departure.
Vente Human Rights warns of a "wave of repression" in Venezuela: "at least 30 arbitrary arrests" reported
1 week agoReuters: The US military rescued survivors by helicopter after Thursday's raid in the Caribbean and is holding them on a warship.
1 week agoDiosdado Cabello: "Our people have the nation's weapons to protect the country from any enemy ." "After that, there's no point in bidding for time. Anyone who comes here knows a peasant with a machete in his hand will appear."
Trinidad police investigating deaths of two citizens reported killed in latest US Caribbean strike @AFP
1 week agoReporter: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela? Trump: They have emptied their prisons into the United States of America
The Trump administration has authorized lethal CIA operations in Venezuela - NYT
At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell @NatashaBertrand and @ZcohenCNN. The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed
1 week agoThe B-52H "Stratofortress" Long-Range Strategic Bombers seen flying earlier over the Caribbean Sea, are now heading south in the direction of Venezuela
2 week ago3 B-52's spotted flying between Mexico and Cuba
2 week agoTrump: Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela
