Cuba issued a statement on November 25 accusing the U.S. of seeking a violent overthrow of the Venezuelan government and called the U.S. military buildup in the region an "exaggerated and aggressive" threat.

Experts warned Trump's Caribbean military deployment diverts critical resources, as Venezuela crisis tests the limits of diplomatic pressure tactics.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is running out of options to step down and leave his country under U.S.-guaranteed safe passage, following a short call with U.S. President Donald Trump last month where Trump refused a series of requests from the Venezuelan leader, according to four sources briefed on the call.

On the streets of Doral, the prospect of Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is welcomed with open arms.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as the Trump administration continues striking down alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.

Joesley Batista, co-owner of a sprawling business empire led by the meat-processing giant JBS NV, is quietly positioning himself as a connector trying to defuse political tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela’s ruling regime.

The president has warned that the United States could soon expand its attacks from boats near the coast to targets inside Venezuela, but he has also spoken by phone to its leader.

The Venezuelan President has denied any ties to the illegal drug trade, and his government has condemned Trump’s warning that the country’s air space should be considered closed as a “colonialist threat” and “yet another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has grown increasingly paranoid of US airstrikes following recent threats from the Trump administration, with the dictator no regularly rotating his sleeping