Amid enigmatic remarks from President Donald Trump, media reports indicated that the United States could be inching closer to military action against drug cartels, Venezuela, or both. NPR quoted an official it did not name as saying the "table is being set" for a possible military strike.

Three people were killed, according to the military's announcement, which didn't provide evidence that the boat was transporting drugs.

The U.S. has a long and checkered history of intervening in Latin America. Here's what that may tell us about President Trump's ideas for Venezuela.

The Trump administration on Sunday placed an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean and announced it would designate a Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro criticized “irresponsible” plans for the United States to hold five days of military drills in Trinidad and Tobago beginning on Sunday.

WASHINGTON -- The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of American military power not seen in Latin America for generations.

As the White House toys with the no-joke prospect of actually invading Venezuela out of (understandable) ire at the government of (reprehensible) strongman Nicolas Maduro, a damning new Human

Everywhere you look, the United States is at war– at home, through military occupation of cities, institutional violence, and state-sanctioned kidnappings, and abroad, through economic coercion, proxy warfare,