Christmas in October didn't work, bravado didn't work, so Maduro is trying to play nice.

The US has the greatest fleet deployed to Latin America in the last 25 years outside the coast of Venezuela.

Amphibious landing drills are keeping servicemen sharp, while relentless strikes of alleged boats make it crystal clear that this is the war on the cartels.

The Venezuelan dictator, Nicolas Maduro, has been accusing the US of coveting the country's vast natural resources, using the drug Cartels as a smoke screen.