Drugs, oil, sanctions and election disputes are all playing a part in the escalating conflict.The seizure of what US President Donald Trump called a "very large" oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is the latest escalation in the conflict between the two nations.

In announcing the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of its crude, “We’ll keep it, I guess.”

The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.

President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s attacks on drug vessels in Latin America to the fentanyl crisis, among other drugs. Here's what the data shows.

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. There’s a lot to worry any American who look at the US military buildup around Venezuela and wonder about a redux of the “forever wars ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier sails to the Caribbean, the U.S. military continues striking drug-carrying boats off the Venezuelan coast and the Trump ...

Say that Donald Trump has by now realized that attacking, or even invading, Venezuela might turn into a disaster. He wants to back down and redeploy the mighty American armada in the Caribbean to do something more useful elsewhere in the world.

How’s this for history repeating? The mainstream American media is botching its coverage of the Trump administration’s mounting military threats to Venezuela, and that failure is contributing to what looks to be a prolonged and violent disaster for ...