This handout picture released on September 18, 2025, by the CEOFANB (Strategic Operations Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela) shows Venezuelan soldiers during military exercises on the shores of the Caribbean island of La Orchila, Venezuela. (Photo by Handout / CEOFANB / AFP)
Caracas: Venezuela's defense minister on Friday accused the United States of waging an "undeclared war" in the Caribbean, where Washington has deployed warships and blown up alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
"It is an undeclared war, and you can already see how people, whether or not they are drug traffickers, have been executed in the Caribbean Sea," Vladimir Padrino Lopez said as he reported on Venezuelan military exercises in response to the "military threat."
