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Rodríguez added that Venezuelans have endured what she described as more than two months of "incessant psychological warfare," but that citizens continue to work daily

Colombian scientists recovered the first items of an 18 Century shipwreck in the Caribbean sea with a treasure worth billions of dollars, local authorities said

U.S. officials conducted a war game during Donald Trump's first term to assess what might follow the fall of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with ominous results, according to by The New York Times.

Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole said cocaine prices in the U.S. are increasing as a result of the Trump administration's strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific

A top U.S. Coast Guard official said strikes conducted against alleged drug vessels have not significantly altered cocaine smuggling routes in the Atlantic.

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar denied that the United States had asked to use her country as a staging ground for military action against Venezuela, rejecting speculation fueled by ongoing U.S. Marine exercises in the archipelago.

China has called on the United States to avoid interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs, responding to Washington's expanding military operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said that any potential U.S. operation in Venezuela "will be an extraction and not an invasion"

The United States has not yet decided whether to launch a ground attack in Venezuela, according to a White House official and a senior U.S. official cited by CNN

Iran has warned that the expanding U.S. military presence in the Caribbean poses "dangerous consequences" for regional peace and security, escalating a growing international debate over American operations near Venezuela.

Nearly 300 Venezuelans deported from the United States arrived in Caracas last Friday, the latest repatriation flight to land as military tensions between Washington and Caracas continue to escalate in the Caribbean.

U.S. Marines guarding the country's embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with gangs controlling most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a report.

Foreign embassies and the United Nations in Haiti have advised officials to avoid going out following public threats from gangs controlling vast swaths of territory in the country

Gang activity remains one of Haiti's main sources of violence, responsible for hundreds of deaths and numerous crimes, including sexual assault.

James Story claimed one potential approach could be a targeted strike on a senior Maduro ally, similar to the 2020 operation that killed Iranian official Qassem Soleimani

Delcy Rodriguez also u rged supporters to prepare for both "non-armed struggle" and, if necessary, "armed struggle"

Trump's comments come on the same day as spotters detected the USS Bainbridge, an escort of the largest aircraft carrier in the US Navy, off the coast of Puerto Rico

The Defense Minister added that "the Bolivarian National Armed Forces are stronger than ever in their unity, moral cohesion, and equipment"

A former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor claimied on Thursday that the vessel strikes would qualify under international law as a crime against humanity

The deployment appears to mark the first known instance of a foreign country hosting U.S. aircraft potentially capable of participating in regional strike operations

Russia is signaling it could supply Venezuela with advanced hypersonic missiles as U.S. military activity intensifies near the country, according to The Times.

The United States has expanded its naval presence in the Caribbean with the deployment of the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

A new investigation revealed that people operating boats targeted by U.S. strikes were indeed running drugs, but were not high-up in criminal organizations

The death toll of U.S. strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific has now reached at least 70 following the latest episode on Thursday.

Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts defended ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing alleged ties between narcotraffickers and Venezuela's armed forces.

The United States has assembled a military presence near Venezuela that is "too large and powerful to be only for counternarcotics," former U.S. ambassador James Story said in an interview with BBC Mundo

The recent deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean could signal that U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela are nearer, according to a Latin America specialist

Former Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis assigned a 70% chance of the U.S. conducting land strikes in Venezuela as the Trump administration continues to ramp up pressure on the Maduro regime.

Rep. Sara Jacobs said she was "not convinced" by claims the actions were tied to preventing fentanyl deaths and Rep. Seth Moulton emphasized the peril for troops deployed

The Trump Admin issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) restricting airspace off the coast of Ceiba, Puerto Rico, from November 1 through March 31 citing "special security reasons"