The Pentagon says two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters Thursday in what they call a ‘highly provocative’ move. This marks a new escalation in the two countries’ standoff over Washington’s Caribbean deployment. During a trip to neighboring Ecuador on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio underlined the US’s increasingly aggressive stance towards Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
In Caracas, Venezualan President Nicolas Maduro says ‘imperialism is launching a new attack’ aimed at regime change. He insists his country will stand firm — but will he be relying on China for help?
The US deployment in the Caribbean has dramatically escalated tensions with Venezuela, whose president Nicolas Maduro has vowed to protect his country’s sovereignty against what he calls ‘US imperial aggression’. But Caracas is increasingly dependent on China when it comes to facing off against the US.
00:00 Rising tensions between US and Venezuela
00:30 Rubio calling Maduro a "drug trafficker"
01:11 Venezuelan fighter jets flying near US Navy vessels
02:10 Can Venezuela rely on China, facing off the US?
03:52 Oscar Schlenker, DW Correspondent
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