US Begins to Intervene as Oil and Drug Wars Escalate, Venezuela Tries to Claim a Chunk of Guyana

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited Puerto Rico this week as the U.S. is building up its military presence in the Caribbean, putting pressure on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Washington accuses his regime of fueling the drug trade, but there's much more at stake here. Now, Venezuela's dispute with Guyana over oil-rich territory is adding fuel to the fire.

Just this year, the U.S. Coast guard has seized almost half a billion dollars worth of cocaine in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, and the Trump Administration has had enough.

In recent weeks the U.S. military deployed eight warships, surveillance planes, a nuclear submarine, and 10 F-35 stealth fighters to the region. Officials say the surge is part of an aggressive counter-narcotics campaign.

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