In response to an increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro announced that his government will activate a special plan to mobilize over 4.5 million militia members across the country to "defend national sovereignty.

The U.S. military has also reportedly deployed several vessels to the southern Caribbean, as part of President Trump's crackdown on Latin American drug cartels.

The Trump administration says Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is not a legitimate president but the head of a drug-trafficking cartel indicted in the United States.

El presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro oficializó el jueves la incorporación de las milicias, integradas por civiles armados, a las labores de seguridad

Maduro said that the activations are in response to the recent "extravagant, bizarre and outlandish" threats from the United States.

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would deploy 4.5 million militia members in response to US "threats," after Washington raised the bounty for his arrest and launched anti-drug operations in the Caribbean.

The more than $700 million in assets the United States says it has confiscated from Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro includes multiple luxury properties in Florida, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday.

Does a video show Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, reacting to the $50M bounty announced August 7, 2025 by the US Department of State by challenging the Trump administration to come and get him at the presidential palace?

Pam Bondi offers $50 million bounty for Nicolás Maduro's capture as United States accuses Venezuelan president of corruption and aiding drug cartels.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab claimed that the Trump administration's claim about deploying warships off its coast is a "farse" to target the country's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro. "The U.S. empire has tried, and failed due to ...