Maduro mocks US as largest aircraft carrier sails in circles, '14 weeks of threats from gringos'

Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro says his government is "unperturbed" as the U.S. continues its military buildup in the Caribbean. "Let the gringos do whatever they want," Maduro said during a political event Thursday evening. "We are unperturbed, and no one is going to stop us from producing, working towards, building direct and true democracy." The Trump administration says the U.S. military has killed at least 66 people in 16 known strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since early September. ]