An American ship equipped with missiles near the coast of Venezuela.. Is war approaching?

The America-Venezuela Conflict

The American warship could be seen off the coast of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, the two-island country off the coast of Venezuela.

The westernmost point of Trinidad and Tobago is located dozens of kilometers away. Only from the Venezuelan coast.

This coincides with the United States deploying seven warships in the Caribbean region and one in the Gulf of Mexico, as part of an operation that it says is against drug smuggling, and particularly targets Venezuela and its president, Nicolas Maduro.

Caribbean Sea

Washington said that it had carried out during the past ten weeks Strikes on boats in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea suspected of being drug traffickers, resulting in the deaths of at least 43 people, according to an Agence France-Presse count based on American figures.

Maduro accuses Washington of raising the slogan of fighting drugs. "To force a change in ruling" And the seizure of Venezuela’s large oil reserves.

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago is currently headed by Kamla Barsad Bissessar, who is strongly supportive of Trump, and since assuming power in May, she has adopted a rhetoric hostile to Venezuelan immigrants and"For the Venezuelan crime" In her country.