Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday ordered military exercises in the country's biggest shantytowns after US forces blew up another boat allegedly carrying drugs from the Caribbean country.

President Trump confirmed the authorization of CIA action in Venezuela, and indicated his administration is exploring land strikes inside the South American country.

The Central Intelligence Agency’s operations abroad are usually shrouded in secrecy, but President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the spy agency to take unspecified action in Venezuela, an extraordinary and unprecedented acknowledgement from a commander in chief.

Two US B-52 aircraft were spotted flying over the Caribbean toward Venezuela, briefly disappearing from flight tracking before reappearing, according to Flightradar24., US News, Times Now