Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro again pleaded for peace with the U.S. as the Trump administration ramps up pressure against the regime.

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

Venezuela “doesn’t want to f--- around with the United States”, Donald Trump said on Friday. The president told reporters that Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, had made sweeping concessions to the US after Mr Trump said he was considering ground strikes against Venezuela.

U.S. military pressure on Venezuela is a major victory for Marco Rubio, who has swayed MAGA to his cause: toppling leftist Latin American authoritarians.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last week, has called for greater US support to stop what she described as a “war” on her country by President Nicolás Maduro.

The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday urged U.S. citizens to stay away from American government facilities in the Caribbean country. The security alert was issued due to “a heightened state of alert,

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela has been seeking to negotiate a deal with Washington, offering wide-ranging concessions in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries.

Thousands of Cubans gathered Friday in central Havana for a rally in support of Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.