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

Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.

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.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro placed Venezuela on high alert over a major U.S. military deployment near his country's coast.

President Donald Trump is considering plans to target cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes inside Venezuela, though he has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with them, three US officials told CNN.

CFR President Michael Froman discusses the Trump administration’s Venezuela policy with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies.

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.

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro urges Donald Trump to avoid a “crazy war” after the US deploys its largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean amid rising tensions.