President Trump is threatening U.S. military action on land as the Pentagon escalates its pressure campaign against Venezuela. It comes as the Trump administration entered a new phase of its battle with Colombian President Gustavo Petro by issuing new sanctions.

President Trump has deployed the CIA to Venezuela and planes and warships to the region - what is he trying to achieve?

President Donald Trump addresses Venezuela tensions and ongoing anti-drug operations after reports emerge of B-1 bombers flying toward the South American nation from Texas.

Two B-1 bombers flew over the Caribbean in latest show of force as U.S. military operations in the region continue to grow.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military flew a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, a little over a week after another group of American bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.

On September 2, Holsey, now an admiral leading the U.S. military’s southern command, was put in charge of a mission unlike any that has come before: The United States was, without any warning or attempt at interdiction,

President Donald Trump denied a report published Thursday by the The Wall Street Journal that U.S. B-1 bombers were sent near Venezuela as tensions escalate with the nation led by President Nicolás Maduro.

The buildup of U.S. military forces near Venezuela and a series of deadly attacks on alleged drug-trafficking boats in waters off its coast has raised the spectre of an invasion of the South American country.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is considering plans to target facilities producing cocaine and routes used for drug trafficking inside Venezuela but has not yet decided whether to proceed, CNN reported on Friday, citing three U.S. officials.

The flights signal a possible widening of the U.S. campaign against cartels and alleged drug traffickers.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video of what he said was yet another “lethal kinetic strike” on a drug boat operated by the Venezuelan drug gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in the Caribbean Sea.