U.K. Navy Deploys Ship to Guyana, Maduro Sends 5,000 Troops to Border

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro deployed 5,000 soldiers in response to the U.K. deploying the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Trent to Guyana in diplomatic and military support for the former British colony. Maduro claimed the presence of the patrol vessel in Guyana’s sovereign waters is a provocation, saying, “We do not accept provocations, threats from ...

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