Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared at the Presidential Palace in Miraflores after several hours of rumors of an imminent US attack. The leader declared that “whatever the threat, we must always have strong nerves, maintain calm, composure and act with maximum unity.”
US media The Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald reported that the Pentagon is ready to strike military targets on the territory of the South American country after attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific against 14 suspected drug trafficking boats and a submarine, which caused 61 deaths.