Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered "defensive" drills involving more than 5,600 troops in response to the deployment of a British warship to the coast of Guyana as tensions escalated in the region
HMS Trent, a Royal Navy patrol vessel, has cruised all the way from Gibraltar to the Caribbean, making a stop in Barbados and arriving this Thursday in Guyana. The ship’s arrival and the joint exercises scheduled are a show of support from the British to its former colony, which has been sounding alarms about potential conflict with Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela for months now.
Middle East News: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro orders over 5,600 military personnel to participate in a "defensive" exercise near the border with Guyana in resp