Venezuela’s Military Claims Mask Maduro’s True Threat While U.S. Defends Regional Security

Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López recently accused the United States of "military harassment" near Venezuelan coasts, pointing to U.S. combat aircraft operating in the Caribbean. However, beneath these loud denunciations lies a regime desperate to distract from its role as a regional destabilizer tied to narcotrafficking and authoritarian repression. When Is Defensive Posture Labeled Provocation? The Trump administration's deployment of naval assets—including eight warships, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, and over 4,500 troops—to the Caribbean under the mission of combating drug trafficking is not an act of aggression but a measured response to a growing threat on America’s doorstep....