CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that eight US military vessels with 1,200 missiles were targeting his country, which he declared to be in a state of “maximum readiness to defend” itself. The United States, which accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel, has announced a deployment of warships to the south Caribbean in what it labeled an anti-drug trafficking operation. It has made no invasion threat.

Nicolás Maduro denunció que ocho barcos militares desplegados por Estados Unidos con 1.200 misiles y un submarino "apuntan" a Venezuela.

El presidente asegura que su país enfrenta a la mayor amenaza que ha visto Latinoamérica en 100 años