Costa Rica urges the UN to address humanitarian crises: In Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti, we see the consequences of being late.

Venezuela: 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the west, felt in Caracas

Cuba begins petitioning to support Venezuela in the face of U.S. "hostilities."

The M/V Ocean Trader, a highly customized roll-on/roll-off cargo ship converted into a special operations command center and “mothership” operated by U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC), was spotted today in the Southern Caribbean Sea off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands, roughly 400 miles from Venezuela

Javier Milei denounced at the UN the "forced disappearance" of Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, kidnapped in Venezuela, and demanded his release.

Authorities and emergency crews are on the scene: according to reports, the incident occurred as the aircraft was about to land.

Aircraft crashes on Maiquetía Airport runway due to strong winds: weather conditions may have caused the incident

A large mobilization of heavy-duty trucks with tanks and containers is reported leaving the Paramacay Naguanagua Fort in Carabobo. A helicopter is also flying overhead.

Trump accuses Maduro of running "drug trafficking networks" and defends attacks against "Venezuelan militants" in the Caribbean. "To all the thugs who send drugs to the US, know that we are going to bomb you," he said.

Dominikānas Republika ziņo par ASV uzbrukumu narkotiku kuģim netālu no tās krastiem.

Diosdado Cabello called on all Venezuelans to join the militia to defend the country, regardless of whether they are Chavistas or not.

Multiple military and intelligence sources told the New York Times: - The Caribbean deployment suggests imminent bombings or commando operations inside Venezuela. - The real U.S. objective in Venezuela is to remove Maduro "one way or another."

Donald Trump warns the Maduro regime that it will pay an incalculable price if it does not accept all deportees immediately.

The UN denounces the Venezuelan regime's "sustained and systematic pattern" of arresting relatives of opposition figures to generate fear and social control.

The Venezuelan National Assembly unanimously approved the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia in its first reading.

FBI Director calls for drug cartels like the Cartel of the Suns to be treated the same as terrorist groups like Al Qaeda

"No, I haven't": Trump denies talks with members of his administration to prepare for "regime change" in Venezuela.

The FANB continues military exercises in La Orchila: "This country has someone to defend it."

China backs Venezuela, warns US against ‘bullying’ after second deadly sea raid

The Pentagon: "F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 are now in Puerto Rico."

The Pentagon: "F-35 are ready to confront the cartels whose illicit activities have had devastating consequences for Americans for decades."

The Pentagon: US F-35 fighters are already in Puerto Rico to "confront cartels" in the Caribbean.

Venezuelan military test firing an Igla at a target flare on Isla Orchilla last night during large scale military exercises on the island from the Marines, Navy and military aviation

Trump warns Congress: US ready to strike again at narco-terrorists. Washington has spoken: the Cartel of the Suns is no longer a "regional" problem. It's a global terrorist threat. Trump has invoked self-defense to attack Venezuelan drug boats.

@Dcabellor: We've currently seized 60 tons of drugs in various operations. That's the largest amount we've captured since 2010, six years after breaking with the DEA, the international drug trafficking agency.

Maduro denounces that Venezuela is under threat of war from the United States.

Venezuela's state-owned National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) denounced this Tuesday, September 16, a "new terrorist attack" against two of its main 765 kV (kilovolt) transmission lines, the second of its kind in less than a week. In a statement, the company called it an "extremist attack" against "infrastructure of vital importance to the flow of electrical energy in the country." This attack, it continued, is part of "a fascist strategy aimed at destabilizing the peace and national unity that will prevail in the face of external threats." "These attacks constitute a manifestation of the electrical war, promoted by groups operating in the service of dark interests and destabilizing agendas.

The Colombian Supreme Court has denied the extradition request to Venezuela of alias "Larry Changa," co-founder and leader of the Aragua Train.

Trump dismisses Maduro's accusations of an alleged invasion and asks him to "stop sending drugs and members of the Tren de Aragua" to the US. "Stop sending the Tren de Aragua to the United States. Stop sending drugs to the United States," he stated.

Trump identifies 23 countries, including China, India, as major drug transit or production hubs: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Venezuela