Venezuela Boosts Security in Five States Amid US Threats
The Los Corales beach on the Caribbean coast of La Guaira, Venezuela.
Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
Venezuela will increase security in four of its coastal states and one island amid rising tensions with the US over its recent deployment in the Caribbean.
President Nicolás Maduro ordered the deployment of “all available” troops and equipment to the states of Zulia, Falcón, Nueva Esparta, Sucre and Delta Amacuro, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said in a video posted from a bunker on his Instagram account.