Venezuela is not seeking a military confrontation with the United States or any other regional actor, its Foreign Minister Yván Gil told CNN in a rare interview, as tensions rise with Washington, including over the recent deadly US Navy strike on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean.

Venezuela's foreign minister says a U.S. warship illegally boarded a Venezuelan fishing boat in Venezuelan waters

The United States has taken a total of three ships out of service in the conflict with Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. A day after the US killed three people from Venezuela in an attack on a ship which Trump said had been carrying drugs,

Venezuela said Wednesday it had begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region. Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month — a move slammed as “extrajudicial execution” by UN experts.

Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.

Military operations in the Caribbean have been accompanied by a strategy of pressure through intimidating messages

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday called for the United Nations to stop the United States from starting a war in the region, amid rising tensions due to a military buildup in the Caribbean to counter drug cartels.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name “Tren de Aragu” as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025,

The US president disclosed a new operation on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, but offered no further details