Maduro, on national television last night, begged Trump not to send ground troops to avoid a "crazy war," after Trump authorized covert action against the country in his battle against drug trafficking.

As prospects for U.S. intervention in Venezuela grow, an already dire humanitarian landscape risks unraveling further, raising urgent questions about whether the military options reportedly under

Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, but "our people don't even have gas even to cook. That's a disaster," María Corina Machado told Fortune.

Venezuela is the best example of a criminal organization behaving like a state, rather than the other way around.

As the U.S. military presence near Venezuela increases, 60 Minutes traveled to the South American nation for a rare look at what life is like under its embattled dictator Nicolás Maduro.

History suggests that an effort to overthrow Nicolás Maduro could be disastrous for the region and ultimately harm the U.S.

Venezuela on Monday suspended energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago, over what officials have described as “hostile” actions by the island nation. Trinidad is now hosting one of the U.S. warships involved in a controversial campaign to destroy Venezuelan speedboats allegedly carrying drugs to the United States.

Few Americans find much to celebrate in the Iraq War or the intervention in Libya. Regimes were successfully changed,