(2025-09-03). With dollars scarce, Venezuela currency exchanges turn to crypto. channelnewsasia.com
(2025-09-03). Trump says US strike targeted Venezuelan drug smuggling boat. aljazeera.com Donald Trump says a US strike has killed 11 'narcoterrorists' from a Venezuelan gang smuggling drugs in the Caribbean.
(2025-09-03). 11 killed in strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela: Trump. jagonews24.com President Donald Trump said that US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
(2025-09-03). The United States Uses a Fabricated Drug Charge for a Potential Strike on Venezuela. counterpunch.org 
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name "Tren de Aragu" as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025, the White House designated Tren de Aragua as a "foreign terrorist organisation", and in March, the administration of US President Donald Trump evoked the Alien Enemies Act (1789) to warn against
(2025-09-02). Republican Rep. Claims U.S. Will Send More Forces To Venezuela: 'This Clown's Days Are Numbered'. latintimes.com Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez again threatened the Venezuelan regime, saying the U.S. will send more forces close to the South American country…
(2025-09-02). Trump Says U.S. 'Shot Out a Drug-Carrying Boat" Coming From Venezuela: 'There's More Where That Came From'. latintimes.com President Donald Trump said U.S. forces "shot out a drug-carrying boat" coming from Venezuela as part of the deployment of troops and warships off the country's coast…
(2025-09-02). U.S. Amphibious Landing Exercise Underway In Puerto Rico As Tensions With Venezuela Mount. twz.com 
The amphibious training in Puerto Rico comes as the U.S. has at least eight warships in the Caribbean and just struck a Venezuelan drug boat.
(2025-09-02). Trump says US strike kills 11 on alleged drug boat from Venezuela. scmp.com The US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration's recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. | "We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat," Trump told reporters at the White House.
(2025-09-02). GOP Rep. Claims Deployment Of U.S. Troops Off The Venezuelan Coast 'Is Not For Show'. latintimes.com Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said the deployment of U.S. assets off the Venezuelan coast is "not for show" and that President Donald Trump has the "legal authority to protect the U.S.'s national security"
(2025-09-02). Colombia Claims Presence Of U.S. Forces Off Venezuelan Coast Is 'Disproportionate': 'Latin America Is a Land Of Peace'. latintimes.com Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio said the deployment of U.S. troops off the Venezuelan coast is "disproportionate," and that an "intervention is not possible because Latin America is a land of peace"
(2025-09-02). Country Neighboring Venezuela Backs Deployment Of U.S. Assets Off The Venezuelan Coast: 'Must Unite To Fight Drug-Trafficking'. latintimes.com Guyanese President Irfaan Ali supported the deployment of U.S. troops off the Venezuelan coast, claiming it will help "fight transnational crime and drug-trafficking"
(2025-09-02). Maduro Blasts Trump After U.S. Navy Strike Kills 11 Off Venezuelan Waters. latintimes.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump after American warships carried out a deadly strike on a vessel that had departed Venezuela, killing 11 people in what Washington described as an anti-drug operation.
(2025-09-02). Venezuela, Propaganda, and the Promise (and Peril) of AI. projectcensored.org In the first part of the program, we welcome back to the show Leonardo Flores, co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network, to talk about the US' dangerous and honestly stupid escalation against Venezuela. Leo debunks the US' absurd claims of drug trafficking, contextualizing them in a longer history of using…