{"id":280264,"date":"2025-09-21T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-have-tensions-between-washington-and-caracas-flared-up-so-sharply-recently-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:05:35","slug":"why-have-tensions-between-washington-and-caracas-flared-up-so-sharply-recently-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-have-tensions-between-washington-and-caracas-flared-up-so-sharply-recently-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why have tensions between Washington and Caracas flared up so sharply recently? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gbUVe0aTqY4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why have tensions between Washington and Caracas flared up so sharply recently? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gbUVe0aTqY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are rising over the deployment of American warships and fighter jets to the southern Caribbean. Last week, the U.S. launched airstrikes on several vessels in the region, killing over a dozen alleged drug traffickers. Venezuela&#8217;s authoritarian socialist president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, has denied that his government is involved in drug trafficking and has called for civilians to mobilize and defend the country from what he calls U.S. aggression. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 Venezuela&#8217;s Maduro calls for mobilization of civilians<br \/>\n2:20 Oscar Schlenker, DW Correspondent<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are rising over the deployment of American warships and fighter jets to the southern Caribbean. Last week, the U.S. launched airstrikes on several vessels in the region, killing over a dozen alleged drug traffickers. Venezuela&#8217;s authoritarian socialist president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, has denied that his government is involved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":280265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[128849,128847,129367],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-280264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-between","tag-tensions","tag-united"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why have tensions between Washington and Caracas flared up so sharply recently? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why have tensions between Washington and Caracas flared up so sharply recently? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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