Iran and Venezuela have inked 299 agreements, Venezuelan envoy to Tehran said, adding that the friendship and solidarity between these nations remain resilient and these relations continue to deepen.

Faced with a massive U.S. military deployment, Maduro knows he cannot survive a formal war in the conventional sense.

TEHRAN – The Tehran Times exclusive interview with Venezuela’s ambassador to Iran, José Rafael Silva Aponte, comes at a fraught moment for Caracas and the wider region.

Donald Trump said Friday that he had “sort of” made up his mind about his plan for Venezuela, but he “can’t tell you what it would be.” With an aircraft carrier strike group and some 15,000 service personnel deployed to the region, it’s sort of hard to imagine that the president’s decision will be to stand down and go home.

The largest aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet arrived in the Caribbean today as the U.S. military began drills in the region, drawing condemnation from Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA),

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reaffirmed on Monday the progress in military cooperation with Russia, describing it as "calm and very beneficial". Maduro stated that this relationship "will continue" despite the increasing deployment of US warships in waters near the South American nation and the "threats" coming from the United States.

Trump's zero tolerance policy clashes with China's new tariff-free trade deal with Venezuela, escalating tensions as U.S. carrier group monitors the region.