Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship

The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.

Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says

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.

Washington’s shadow war: How strikes on cartels threaten to collapse Maduro’s regime

Trump administration escalates pressure on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro through Caribbean naval deployment and cartel strikes in what analysts call modern gunboat diplomacy.

Venezuela's Maduro orders new military exercises after U.S. military blows up another alleged drug boat in Caribbean

President Trump said six "narcoterrorists" were killed in the latest strike, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since September to at least 27.

President Maduro asks Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela. His comments come as the U.S. military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats off Venezuela.
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Venezuelans wonder if America will bring down Nicolás Maduro

By speaking openly about authorising a “covert” CIA operation against the regime, Donald Trump is fanning the flames

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

America’s risky gunboat diplomacy around Venezuela

President Donald Trump has now turned to gunboat diplomacy, assembling in the Caribbean an impressive array of US military firepower to pressure Venezuela’s revolutionary socialist leadership. The task force includes destroyers with Tomahawk missiles and boats carrying special forces commandos.
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