Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has doubled down on calls for peace as U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly mulls over options for military operations inside the country and places an enormous amount of firepower close to Venezuela's coast.

Venezuela has announced a major military exercise, reportedly involving 200,000 troops, as a U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters.

Venezuela is sending troops to counter a U.S. warship buildup in the Caribbean, as Nicolás Maduro accuses Washington of plotting regime change.

President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible.

The U.S. military has been holding joint exercises with the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, just 7 miles from Venezuela, which had no comment on the arrival of the aircraft carrier.

USA has identified military targets in Venezuela which are allegedly linked to drug trafficking. Warships, bombers and drones now patrol the Caribbean in one of the largest regional deployments in years.

PARIS -- France's government on Sunday announced the release of a French-Chilean national who had been held for four months in Venezuela. The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, posted on X that Camilo Castro was being flown back to France. He credited French diplomacy for having obtained Castro's release from prison.

The U.S. has been conducting military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September.

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"I can’t tell you what it would be, but I’ve sort of made up my mind," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Nov. 14.