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On cam: Maduro’s defence minister warns CIA agents inside Venezuela| Trump| Caribbean| Cartel

Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the United States of mounting an “unprecedented show of militarism” in the Caribbean amid a wide‑scale naval buildup ordered by President Donald Trump. Speaking in Caracas, Padrino warned that the U.S. is deploying “air and naval assets of one of the greatest military powers in the world” near Venezuela’s coast, calling it a “latent threat to the nation’s sovereignty.” His remarks follow the Pentagon’s confirmation that the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group were sent to the region under U.S. Southern Command to intensify anti‑cartel operations. Powered by WPeMatico

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Brazil’s Lula sends defiant message to Trump amid US military build-up in Caribbean|Venezuela|tariff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is “fully ready to defend Brazil’s interests” in his anticipated meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia. Speaking in Jakarta, Lula called the 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian exports a “mistake without factual basis,” pointing to a $410 billion trade surplus Washington has enjoyed with Brazil over 15 years. He said his goal is to “prove with numbers” that the tariffs were wrong and to explain why sanctions against Brazil’s Supreme Court judges “lacked any justification.” Powered by WPeMatico