As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,

The U.S. military staged a helicopter rescue for the survivors after the strike on their semi-submersible vessel.

The latest strike comes a day after US President Trump confirmed he had authorised CIA operations in Venezuela.

The Tropical Disturbance we've been watching is on track to move across the southeastern Caribbean islands – the Windward Islands – tomorrow into Monday. Gusty squalls with heavy rain are likely in some areas.

Venezuela's top ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, once again denounced the U.S. military strikes in Caribbean waters and urged the Trump administration to "stop this madness" during a press briefing with reporters at the U.N. on Thursday.

The pair were recovered and are allegedly being kept on a Navy warship. They're the first to survive the half dozen US strikes.

Venezuela’s UN Ambassador, Samuel Moncada, accused the U.S. of being "bloodthristy" and urged the Security Council to take action.

The system was located over the central tropical Atlantic as of 1 p.m. Thursday, and forecasters said they expect it to continue moving west at 15 to 20 mph over the next several days. It could develop more once it reaches the warm waters of the Caribbean, forecasters said.

Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N. is condemning a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”

Will it rain today? Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Nov. 30, 2025, with most tropical storm activity between August and October in Florida.