The Venezuelan defense minister has vowed to respond to U.S. "sovereignty" threats as pressure on Caracas mounts.

The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and ...

In announcing the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of its crude, “We’ll keep it, I guess.” ...

The U.S. is weighing its military options in oil-rich Venezuela, influencing elections in other South American petroleum nations, and increasingly trying to control natural resources in the Americas.

President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s attacks on drug vessels in Latin America to the fentanyl crisis, among ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. There’s a lot to worry any American who look at the US military buildup around ...

It sounds like President Donald Trump’s administration is looking for a repeat of the United States’ disastrous invasion of Iraq—no, seriously. Trump announced Monday that he planned to sign an order ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has called for direct negotiations with President Donald Trump in response to U.S.