US Warships Pass Through Panama Canal Toward Southern Caribbean

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The deployment puts U.S. warships a short distance off Venezuelaโ€™s northern coastline, following years of strained relations between the nations.

U.S. warships were seen entering the Panama Canal while navigating east toward the Atlantic, according to photos taken on Aug. 30.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Aug. 19 that President Donald Trump was โ€œprepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice.โ€

โ€œMany Caribbean nations and many nations in the region have applauded the administrationโ€™s counter drug operations and efforts,โ€ Leavitt added.

The previous day, a White House official told The Epoch Times that U.S. naval and air assets would deploy to the southern Caribbean Sea amid a heightened counternarcotics effort.

That deployment puts U.S. warships a short distance off Venezuelaโ€™s northern coastline, following years of strained relations between the United States and Venezuela.

In 2017, Trump told reporters, โ€œWe have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary.โ€

Trump rejected the 2018 snap presidential election, where Nicolรกs Maduro was declared the winner. He also backed then-Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaidรณโ€™s efforts to declare himself as the rightful head of state of Venezuela until new elections commenced.

In 2019, Guaidรณ led a short-lived attempted uprising against Maduro. A year later, the U.S. Department of Justice declared that Maduro was linked to both drug and weapons trafficking and offered $15 million for information leading to the regime leaderโ€™s arrest.

When Maduro claimed he had won Venezuelaโ€™s 2024 presidential election, the Biden administration rejected the results, and accusations mounted that the outcome was rigged for Maduro.

Now, the Justice Department is offering $50 million for information leading to Maduroโ€™s arrest.

Maduro denounced the news of U.S. warships traveling to the Southern Caribbean this week.

On Aug. 28, Venezuela criticized the U.S. naval buildup to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and accused Washington of breaking the founding U.N. Charter.

By Jacob Burg

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