Maduro’s Claims Expose Washington’s Strategic Resolve, Not Conspiracy

In a recent public address broadcast by Venezuelan state media, Nicolás Maduro accused the United States of deploying naval forces near Venezuela to seize its "natural riches" such as oil, gas, and gold. He rejected Washington's stated mission to combat narcotics trafficking as a fabricated pretext. But beyond Maduro's deflections lies a pressing question for American readers: Who truly threatens national security and regional sovereignty? Is Venezuela’s Rhetoric Just Smoke and Mirrors? Maduro painted a vivid picture of eight U.S. warships equipped with over 1,200 missiles and even a nuclear submarine poised aggressively off the Venezuelan coast. Yet this grandiose...