The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea.

USS Winston Churchill conducts military exercises in Caribbean as Venezuela tensions ramp up - The navy drills were carried out as the Trump administration looks to track and disrupt maritime drug rou

The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, four U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Trump administration escalates pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government.

Gen. Dan Caine is making the trip as President Trump is said to have approved plans for covert action in Venezuela.

The warning comes as U.S. warships operate just miles off Venezuela’s coast, some as close as 13 miles, underscoring the tensions.

EADaily, November 24th, 2025. A tanker with Russian fuel, which three times blocked the way to A US destroyer has reached Venezuela in the Caribbean, reached the shores of a Latin American country.

BBC Verify has been tracking the warships and planes involved in the military build-up so far. The build-up in the Caribbean began in August with the deployment of air and naval forces, including a nuclear-powered submarine and spy planes according to US officials.

BRITISH sailors on US warships are braced for war with Venezuela – but they have orders not to take part. The highly trained Royal Navy sailors are serving as exchange officers on a US carrier