Vladimir Putin calls Nicolás Maduro to pledge Russian support as U.S. pressure on Venezuela intensifies following massive oil tanker seizure and Caribbean military buildup.

Now, President Donald Trump wants Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power. Maduro’s “days are numbered,” Trump told Politico in an interview released on Dec. 9. His Administration considers Maduro the head of a government-sponsored cocaine smuggling syndicate.

We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” Now, as the first year of his second term draws to a close, President Trump is mobilizing for war against … Venezuela? The buildup to a possible conflict with Venezuela,

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the U.S. seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions between the administration and the region.