Venezuela, Colombia and Donald Trump
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The following is a deep look at contemporary Venezuela, its history, its riches, its alliances and its delicate internal balance of power amid growing tensions with the US.
Two members of Venezuela’s Wayuu indigenous community in the area told NBC News that they witnessed an unexplained explosion on Dec. 18 that destroyed a hut that possibly was used for storage.
Chinese oil tankers are pressing ahead with Venezuela-linked voyages despite a U.S. blockade and an escalating campaign of tanker seizures. Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan waters,
Trump acknowledged a covert U.S. strike on Venezuelan territory in an interview with a local news outlet on the day after Christmas, setting off a scramble to clarify which target he was talking about.
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In escalating tensions with Venezuela, Trump says the US ‘hit’ a coastal drug loading facility
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela.
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Trump Says U.S. Struck a Port Facility in Venezuela in Escalating Pressure Campaign: What to Know
The strike is the first the U.S. is known to have carried out inside Venezuela amid its escalating pressure campaign.
President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that the United States struck a "dock area" that officials believe is used to transfer drugs to boats for international distribution.
President Donald Trump said that the United States "knocked out" a "big facility" in Venezuela last week, in what appears to be a reference to a strike on a drug trafficking site in the country.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed 10 Americans were freed from Venezuela in a July prisoner swap. President Donald Trump sent an envoy to Caracas.