{"id":44631,"date":"2025-08-27T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuela-deploys-warships-drones-after-u-s-sends-guided-missile-destroyers-to-region\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:48:30","slug":"venezuela-deploys-warships-drones-after-u-s-sends-guided-missile-destroyers-to-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuela-deploys-warships-drones-after-u-s-sends-guided-missile-destroyers-to-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela deploys warships, drones after U.S. sends guided-missile destroyers to region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Venezuela on Tuesday deployed warships and drones to patrol the country&#8217;s coastline after the United States <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-warships-venezuela-trump-nicolas-maduro-tension-drug-cartel-accusations\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dispatched three destroyers<\/a><\/span> to the region to pressure strongman President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>In a video on social media, Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PadrinoVladimir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vladimir Padrino<\/a> announced a &#8220;significant&#8221; drone deployment as well as naval patrols along its Caribbean coast, including &#8220;larger vessels further north in our territorial waters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid escalating tensions with Washington, which sent three guided-missile destoyers and 4,000 Marines towards Venezuela last week to curb drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a U.S. source told AFP that President Donald Trump was dispatching two more ships to the Caribbean to crack down on drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>A guided missile cruiser, the USS Erie, and a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, the USS Newport News, are due in the region next week, the source familiar with the move told AFP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dramatic military build-up, analysts have downplayed the possibility of a U.S. invasion or U.S. strikes on Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>On the streets of Venezuela, many people also shrugged off the threat as posturing.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, who claimed a third term in July 2024 elections marred by fraud allegations and a crackdown on the opposition, has been in Mr. Trump&#8217;s sights ever since the Republic&#8217;s first term in office, from 2017 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But his policy of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-administration-imposes-sanctions-on-venezuela\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">maximum pressure on Venezuela<\/a><\/span>, including an oil embargo still in effect, failed to dislodge Maduro from power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think what we&#8217;re seeing represents an attempt to create anxiety in government circles and force Maduro to negotiate something,&#8221; International Crisis Group analyst Phil Gunson told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to power in January, Mr. Trump&#8217;s attacks on Venezuela have focused chiefly on the activities of the South American country&#8217;s powerful transnational gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Washington accuses Maduro of heading a cocaine trafficking cartel, Cartel de los Soles, which the Trump administration has designated a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The United States recently <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/trump-doubles-reward-to-50-million-for-arrest-of-venezuelas-president-to-face-us-drug-charges\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">doubled its bounty<\/a><\/span> to $50 million in exchange for Maduro&#8217;s capture to face drug charges.\u00a0 Last year, the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-seizes-nicolas-maduros-plane-venezuela-president\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. seized a plane<\/a><\/span>\u00a0belonging to Maduro and brought it to the U.S., with the Justice Department claiming the jet was exported from Florida in violation of U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Outlandish threats&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Maduro has accused Mr. Trump of attempting to effect regime change and launched a drive to sign up thousands of militia members. Thousands of civil servants, housewives and retirees <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-civilian-militia-maduro-outlandish-threats-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">lined up<\/a><\/span> in Venezuela&#8217;s capital over the weekend to join the country&#8217;s militia after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-deploying-militia-us-threats\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Maduro called on citizens<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to respond to &#8220;outlandish threats&#8221; by the U.S. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/25\/d86acc5c-09c2-4ad6-83e7-7854909f14f5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cc989def7b68f9f90390d4f554dc7e7b\/ap25235603103180.jpg#\" alt=\"APTOPIX Venezuela Militias \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/25\/d86acc5c-09c2-4ad6-83e7-7854909f14f5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cc989def7b68f9f90390d4f554dc7e7b\/ap25235603103180.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/25\/d86acc5c-09c2-4ad6-83e7-7854909f14f5\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/56eeb2358fd42f4a03c8451d27d83362\/ap25235603103180.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People wait to sign up to join the civil militias during a national enlistment campaign called by the government of President Nicolas Maduro at a military museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ariana Cubillos \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, Caracas petitioned the United Nations to intervene in the dispute by demanding &#8220;the immediate cessation of the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela on Monday announced the deployment of 15,000 troops to the Colombia border to fight drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Venezuela is a clean territory, free of drug trafficking,&#8221; Maduro said in his weekly television program. &#8220;&#8230;free from coca leaf crops, free! Free from cocaine production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced that the government was deploying the troops to bolster security in Zulia and Tachira states, which border Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here, we do fight drug trafficking, here, we do fight drug cartels on all fronts,&#8221; he added, announcing the seizure of 53 tons of drugs so far this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/27\/e4e53510-97bb-4315-9553-43f2d501bde6\/thumbnail\/620x431g3\/e7cac33c40f9e46c1576fd153792dedc\/gettyimages-2231358370.jpg#\" alt=\"VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA-US-POLITICS-DRUGS \" height=\"431\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/27\/e4e53510-97bb-4315-9553-43f2d501bde6\/thumbnail\/620x431g3\/e7cac33c40f9e46c1576fd153792dedc\/gettyimages-2231358370.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/27\/e4e53510-97bb-4315-9553-43f2d501bde6\/thumbnail\/1240x862g3\/c0de1e3fe26b4aef8d259f5ee653d5bf\/gettyimages-2231358370.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Venezuela&#8217;s Minister of Interior Relations, Justice, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello speaks during a press conference in Caracas on August 25, 2025. Venezuela announced the deployment of 15,000 security personnel to the border with Colombia for anti-narcotics operations, at a time when the United States is accusing President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drug cartel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                JUAN BARRETO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a separate announcement Tuesday, Defense Minister Padrino said an ongoing operation in Venezuela&#8217;s northeastern corner had resulted in the dismantling of shipyards where criminals intended &#8220;to manufacture semisubmersibles and boats to transport drugs by sea&#8221; to markets in Europe and North America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Semisubmersible vessels &#8212; known as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drone-narco-sub-seized-first-time-caribbean-colombia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;narco subs&#8221;<\/a><\/span> &#8212; cannot go fully underwater but are popular among international drug traffickers as they can sometimes elude detection by law enforcement. 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