Former Miss Venezuela Carmen Maria Montiel, now a Republican congressional candidate, blames socialism for her country's decline from oil-rich prosperity to poverty.

Jordan Goudreau was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.

The Trump administration has drawn up a secret list of targets in Venezuela the U.S. could strike upon orders of the president, according to several officials familiar with the effort, which experts said was expected to include ports,

President Trump agreed that Maduro's days as Venezuela's president are numbered amid escalating U.S. military operations in Caribbean waters targeting drug trafficking vessels.

The drumbeat for some kind of military action against Venezuela keeps getting louder. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration had identified land targets that could

President Donald Trump berated a reporter aboard Air Force One Sunday evening who asked when he was planning to launch air strikes against Venezuela.

The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

The Trump administration is preparing to carry out strikes on military installations inside Venezuela that could come as soon as Friday, the Miami Herald reports, escalating the federal government’s attacks on drug cartels and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

The Texas Republican said a “longer conversation” needs to be had before he could throw his support behind land strikes.

Concerns about Venezuela’s military have caused global attention, but the situation may not be as dire as it seems. This video compares the military strength of Venezuela and the United States to put things in perspective.