Former Miss Venezuela Carmen Maria Montiel, now a Republican congressional candidate, blames socialism for her country's decline from oil-rich prosperity to poverty.

Trump's administration has recently conducted a series of strikes on boats in the Pacific Ocean that officials said were carrying drugs.

Jordan Goudreau was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.

As Donald Trump steps up his targeting of Venezuela, the region’s fragmented governments are failing to agree on any joint response to rein him in.

President Donald Trump berated a reporter aboard Air Force One Sunday evening who asked when he was planning to launch air strikes against Venezuela.

The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

Amid a buildup of US forces in the Caribbean, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is reportedly reaching out to Russia, China and Iran to help bolster its military capabilities. But it’s unclear how much support they can provide – or want to provide -- as Washington ratchets up pressure on Caracas.

A Russian IL 76 military transport plane made a discreet landing in Venezuela after avoiding all Western airspace routes over two days. This flight is significant due to the aircraft’s background of transporting Russian military supplies,