Florida Senator Rick Scott slammed Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, saying that he will flee to China or Russia if "he's smart."

President Donald Trump’s policy of attacks on vessels he says are linked to the drug trade and the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could lead to the U.S. leader ordering air strikes on narcotics sites in the South American country, an analyst has told Newsweek .

A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime,

Venezuela's Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, claimed that opposition leader and newly minted Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado got the award through political deals and promises to foreign interests.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in U.S. efforts to pressure President Nicolas Maduro's government.

President Trump said six "narcoterrorists" were killed in the latest strike, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since September to at least 27.

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

The Trump administration has reportedly rejected an offer by the Venezuelan regime to oust President Nicolas Maduro and undergo a transition.