U.S. feuds with Venezuela and its allies at emergency U.N. meeting on military strikes

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The U.S. and Venezuela clashed at an emergency U.N. meeting over American military strikes on Caribbean boats that Washington says were trafficking drugs.

Venezuela warned of an impending armed attack and called for Security Council action after U.S. strikes killed 21 people on four boats.

Trump administration vowed to use America’s “full might” against drug cartels, declaring a non-international armed conflict despite calls for de-escalation.

UNITED NATIONS — The United States clashed with Venezuela and its allies at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, with the Trump administration vowing to use its “full might” to eradicate drug cartels and the Maduro