U.S. Military Ramp-Up in the Caribbean Raises Tensions with Venezuela
A build-up of military assets in the region and a series of fatal strikes on alleged drug boats enflame relations between Washington and Caracas.
There is rising turmoil in the Caribbean. The administration of President Donald Trump has conducted a series of lethal airstrikes on alleged narcotrafficking vessels in Caribbean waters while assembling the largest U.S. military deployment in the Americas in decades.
The location of many of these actions, near the coast of Venezuela, place a clear target in sight: the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The Trump White House has doubled down on linking the fight against drug trafficking to combating terrorism and accused Maduro of coordinating “narcoterrorist” actions against the United States.
The Trump White House has accused Maduro of coordinating “narcoterrorist” actions against the United States.
Author's summary: Rising tensions between US and Venezuela.