On cam: Maduro's defence minister warns CIA agents inside Venezuela| Trump| Caribbean| Cartel

Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the United States of mounting an “unprecedented show of militarism” in the Caribbean amid a wide‑scale naval buildup ordered by President Donald Trump. Speaking in Caracas, Padrino warned that the U.S. is deploying “air and naval assets of one of the greatest military powers in the world” near Venezuela’s coast, calling it a “latent threat to the nation’s sovereignty.” His remarks follow the Pentagon’s confirmation that the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group were sent to the region under U.S. Southern Command to intensify anti‑cartel operations.