The South American leader has rallied troops after the US president hinted at launching land-based operations
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged the country’s air force to remain “ready and resolute” in defending the nation, after US President Donald Trump threatened land operations in the region.
The Pentagon has deployed warships to the Caribbean and carried out strikes on small Venezuelan boats it says are used for drug smuggling – actions Washington frames as counternarcotics but which Caracas calls illegal. US officials have long accused Maduro of overseeing a cartel-linked regime and have hinted that direct military action…
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