Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean.

President Nicolás Maduro filed an appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice on Friday to strip the nationality of Leopoldo López, 54, based on the controversial Simón Bolívar Law targeting supporters and advocates of foreign nations’ actions against Venezuela, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said in a statement posted on her Telegram account.

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

President Trump said six "narcoterrorists" were killed in the latest strike, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since September to at least 27.

President Trump used an expletive Friday to warn Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro against conflict with the U.S., as the administration escalates military action against drug trafficking in the

As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,

CFR President Michael Froman discusses the Trump administration’s Venezuela policy with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies.

Flight data compiled on Thursday showed that two American B1-Lancers flew just 6 miles away from the Venezuelan coast before returning north