The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its so-called war against narcoterrorism.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. government is “fabricating” a war against him as the world's biggest warship approached the South American country, while moving to revoke the citiz...

The US government has declared war on drug cartels from Latin America, categorizing them as terrorists.