Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are escalating as Donald Trump ramps up military operations targeting the South American country.

In Washington DC on Friday, local time, Mr Trump said he believed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro does not want to "f*** around" with the US amid the intensifying relations.

Some are now warning the new phase of US intervention is threatening to spark an all-out war between the two countries.

Here is what we know.

A US military build-up and CIA spies in Venezuela

The US military has now launched six separate strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration alleges had been involved in trafficking illicit drugs.

On Friday, Mr Trump said one of the strikes targeted what he said was a drug-carrying submarine in the

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