The decision, effective this Tuesday and Wednesday, coincides with the arrival in Caribbean waters of the ‘USS Gerald Ford,’ the most advanced aircraft carrier in the US fleet

Photos and video show U.S. warships departing from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, a nation off the coast of Venezuela.

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Venezuela has ordered a nationwide military mobilisation amid rising tensions with the United States, following the deployment of multiple US naval strike groups and fighter jets to the Caribbean. Nicolás Maduro’s government calls the move a defensive response to ‘imperialist threats’,

The people of the United States should unite with Venezuela for the peace of the Americas, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon in the middle of a rally in Caracas on Thursday.

Previous transitions out of dictatorships in Brazil and Chile may provide a roadmap if U.S. pressure prompts Venezuelan generals to act.

Venezuela is preparing for a potential U.S. attack by deploying decades-old Russian-made weapons and planning a guerrilla-style defense aimed at creating chaos, according to sources and documents obtained by Reuters.

As the Caribbean teeters on the edge of a possible U.S.-Venezuela military showdown, President Nicolas Maduro unveiled desperate strategies to counter an impending U.S. invasion. Faced with overwhelming American military power,