Tensions continued to grow in the Caribbean this week as Venezuela and the United States publicly flexed their military muscles, fueling concerns that both nations are edging closer to an armed confrontation.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had sunk three boats he said were smuggling drugs out of Venezuela, killing at least 14 people. Shortly afterward, U.S. Southern Command released a short video on its X account showing amphibious landing drills off Puerto Rico.

The footage appeared just hours after Venezuela announced it had launched its own military maneuvers in the Caribbean on La Orchila Island, an unmistakable attempt to send a message to Washington that it will be ready for a U.S. invasion.

Tensions between Washington and Caracas have escalated in r

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