In the 21st century, Latin America has become a region where global powers have increasingly concentrated, due to its energy resources, natural wealth and strategic location. Within this equation, Venezuela, possessing the worldβs largest oil reserves and experimenting with socialist governance, has stood at the center of the United States' regional policies. Washingtonβs pressures affect not only Latin America but also global power balances directly.
Since the summer of 2025, relations between the U.S. and Venezuela have rapidly hardened. In August, the U.S. escalated pressure by placing a bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduroβs capture and deploying military equipment to the Caribbean. The Caracas government labeled this move βpropaganda,β responding with its own navy and drones. The U.S. forcesβ targeting of a βdrug-carryingβ boat, which killed 11 people, marked the beginning of a three-month chain of operations.
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