Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.

Tehran has "a very rich portfolio of systems they could offer" to Caracas, said Middle East drone expert, Fabian Hinz.

Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Wednesday that the US is not currently planning to launch strikes inside Venezuela and doesn’t have a legal justification that would support attacks against any land targets right now,

All but two G.O.P. senators voted against a resolution to stop the president from expanding his military campaign against drug traffickers to include land targets inside Venezuela.

Satellite data further revealed two U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers flying near Venezuela’s coast in a "bomber attack demonstration" tied to the Trump administration’s Caribbean pressure campaign. The USS Gerald. R. Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has also been deployed to the region.

Faced with the prospect of armed conflict with the United States, Venezuela’s government seems to be encouraging citizens to spy on each other by using a revamped mobile application to report suspicious people or activities.

Venezuela has an arsenal of Russian weapons and armed civilian cells that could mount a guerrilla war. But a coup against President Nicolás Maduro? Don’t count on it.

According to publicly available flight-tracker data, both aircraft are operational Boeing B‑52H Stratofortress models.

Venezuela, a debt-defaulted nation with an economy devastated by years of mismanagement and international sanctions, has become a surprise darling of bond investors, with returns for its dollar bonds of over 80% poised to lead emerging markets this year.