US EditionVenezuela deploys warships, drones as US destroyers draw near
The U.S. has sent three warships and 4,000 Marines to the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking, while Venezuela deployed warships and drones to defend its sovereignty amid rising tensions.
- Venezuela deployed warships and drones to patrol its coastline following the arrival of three US destroyers in the region.
- Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino stated there is a significant drone deployment and naval patrols along the Caribbean coast.
- The US is sending two additional ships to the Caribbean to combat drug cartels, according to a US source.
- Caracas has requested the United Nations to intervene by demanding the cessation of US military deployment.
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The U.S. Army made public photographs of Marines carrying out rifle exercises on one of the ships that have been sent to the Atlantic Ocean near Venezuela.
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On Tuesday, Venezuela announced the deployment of naval patrols and drones off its coast after the United States sent several warships to the Caribbean. U.S. manoeuvres are part of Donald Trump's fight against the "narcotrafic international". At the beginning of August, Trump had doubled to $50 million the premium offered for any element to arrest Venezuela's leader, Nicolas Maduro. - Warships, drones, narcotrafic: what is going on between the U…
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