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The Chinese pledge came as Washington carried out a second strike near the Venezuelan coast, announced on Monday by US President Donald Trump. He stated that US forces had targeted a vessel in international waters carrying cocaine and fentanyl bound for the United States.

President Donald Trump is inviting fresh congressional scrutiny over his power as commander in chief with a crackdown on drug smuggling off the coast of Venezuela. In the coming weeks,

Venezuela has responded by sending warships and drones to patrol its coastline and launching a drive to recruit thousands of militia members.

Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Tim Kaine (Va.) have introduced a new resolution under the War Powers Act that would stop U.S. military strikes against boats from Venezuela that President Trump says are smuggling fentanyl into the United States.

By Elias Ferrer in Caracas The US Navy deployment in the Caribbean and air strikes against three alleged drug boats from Venezuela have nothing to do with counter-narcotics. Instead, they are about political posturing and pushing for regime change in Caracas,

U.S. President Donald Trump refused to rule out removing Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, as relations sour between the U.S. and Venezuela and the White House plugs on with its war on drug cartels in the region.

The standoff between the United States and Venezuela has thrown up a stark mismatch. The U.S. military sits at Rank 1 with 1.328 million active soldiers, 13,043 aircraft, 440 warships and a $895 billion budget.

A U.S. military attack on an alleged drug boat from Venezuela comes after weeks of military build up in the region, and the U.S. says more is to come.

Trump "believes that if you are powerful, you should use your power," a former senior U.S. official told Newsweek.

A U.S. military strike on a boat off Venezuela's northeastern Caribbean coast has disrupted a flow of money that helps impoverished communities