President Nicolas Maduro calls for peace as U.S. military and covert operations heighten tensions with Venezuela.

President Donald Trump's comments came as he confirmed reports Maduro put forth a proposal that would allow the U.S. to tap into Venezuela's natural resources.

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

President Trump said six "narcoterrorists" were killed in the latest strike, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since September to at least 27.

Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean.

President Trump used an expletive Friday to warn Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro against conflict with the U.S., as the administration escalates military action against drug trafficking in the

CFR President Michael Froman discusses the Trump administration’s Venezuela policy with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies.

As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,