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President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him…

Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command, retired Friday roughly two years earlier than expected, handing over authority as U.S. military operations in Latin America draw increased scrutiny and tensions with Venezuela intensify.

The departure of Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command, has stunned lawmakers and military experts

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military

The president's authoritarian response to a video posted by six members of Congress, who he says "should be arrested and put on trial," validates their concerns.

The senior judge advocate general reportedly raised concerns that the airstrikes against the alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ could amount to extrajudicial killings

COMMENT: Donald Trump’s justification for the killing of alleged drug smugglers on boats from Venezuela and his subsequent threat of invasion is nonsense – and dangerous in a world where international law means nothing, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

America is massing warships, including the world's largest aircraft carrier, in and around the Caribbean.

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton slammed the Trump administration over what he described as lack of legal justification to conduct strikes off the coast of Venezuela and the Eastern Pacific as reports indicate matters are set to escalate further.