Maduro spoke to CNN outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas as the US military presence in the region increased. (File Photo)

Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, has called on Donald Trump not to lead the United States into what he called an Afghanistan-style “forever war”.

Maduro told The Guardian, “No more forever wars. No more unjust wars. No more Libya. No more Afghanistan. Long live peace.” He was on his way to a pro-government rally when he made the comments.

‘America’s neighbourhood’

Meanwhile, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday took to social media to announce Operation Southern Spear. “The Western Hemisphere is America’s neighbourhood and we will protect it.” He said the operation would defend the United States from “the drugs that are killing our pe

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