Venezuela ramps up military presence amid US naval operations in Caribbean
Venezuela on Tuesday announced what it called a major, nationwide military deployment to counter the US naval presence off its coast. Washington is carrying out a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces it says are aimed at curbing drug trafficking. But the operation has sparked fears in Caracas that the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the ultimate goal of the United States. Washington’s forces have carried out strikes on at least...