Maduro masses 25,000 troops on Venezuelan borders

3 days ago

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's show of strength raises the risk that brinkmanship between Washington and Caracas tips into confrontation. In a message Sunday night on social media, Maduro said he had deployed "25,000 men and