Two B-1 bombers flew over the Caribbean in latest show of force as U.S. military operations in the region continue to grow.

The tensions between US-Venezuela has been escalating as US carries its tenth military strike in the Caribbean. The killings are happening on large scale in less than two months. Washington says the operation targets Venezuela-linked drug traffickers,

Experts call it "21st-century gunboat diplomacy" as U.S. positions strike-capable forces in Caribbean amid tensions with Maduro regime and cartels.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has put himself directly in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, but war remains unlikely at this point in time, foreign policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Venezuela’s UN Ambassador, Samuel Moncada, accused the U.S. of being "bloodthristy" and urged the Security Council to take action.

A report claims that the U.S. military has been positioning a massive number of naval ships, air assets, and troops in the Caribbean region.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On September 2, Holsey, now an admiral leading the U.S. military’s southern command, was put in charge of a mission unlike any that has come before: The United States was, without any warning or attempt at interdiction,

The Caribbean has become a tinderbox of military escalation. More than 10,000 American troops now operate across the region—from guided-missile destroyers cutting through the waters to stealth fighters positioned in Puerto Rico—marking the most visible confrontation between Washington and Caracas in decades.