This handout picture from the Strategic Operations Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela (CEOFANB) shows a Venezuelan Navy VN16 tank taking part in military exercises on the Caribbean island of La Orchila

This handout picture from the Strategic Operations Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela (CEOFANB) shows a Venezuelan Navy VN16 tank taking part in military exercises on the Caribbean island of La Orchila

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Venezuela on Friday accused the United States of waging an "undeclared war" in the Caribbean, where Washington has deployed warships and blown up alleged drug boats in recent weeks.

"It is an undeclared war, and you can already see how people, whether or not they are drug traffickers, have been executed in the Caribbean Sea. Executed without the right to a defense," Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said as he reported on Venezuelan military exercises in response to the US "military threat."

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