DefenceTalkTwo Venezuelan military personnel were killed and 32 Colombian “insurgents” captured in fighting on the border between the two countries, Venezuela’s Armed Forces said on Monday. Venezuela’s military had clashed with an armed group near the border with Colombia on Sunday. The Armed Forces said there had been “clashes with irregular armed Colombian groups” in […]

DefenceTalkWashington: The United States on Tuesday denied involvement and alleged propaganda by leftist-led Venezuela after two Americans were said to have been arrested following a mysterious, deadly sea invasion. President Nicolas Maduro, whom the United States has been unsuccessfully trying to topple for more than a year, appeared on state television Monday with the US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-denies-us-role-in-mysterious-venezuela-sea-invasion-75416/

DefenceTalkCARACAS: Two Americans were detained in Venezuela on Monday on suspicion of plotting to topple President Nicolas Maduro’s government, which has accused US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido of bankrolling the scheme. The arrests came a day after the government said it foiled an “invasion” from the sea, killing eight assailants and capturing two others. Maduro […]https://www.defencetalk.com/venezuela-arrests-two-americans-for-failed-invasion-75396/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Defense Ministry has sent two nuclear-capable strategic bombers to Venezuela, in an unusual display of Russian military force in South America. The ministry said in a statement that the two Tu-160 bombers had arrived at an airport outside of Caracas on December 10. The statement did not say if they were carrying weapons. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-russian-long-range-bombers-arrive-in-venezuela-71981/

DefenceTalkTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday spoke by phone with Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, passing on his best wishes after what Caracas said was a drone “assassination” bid backed by Colombia. Erdogan, a close ally of Maduro, also wished well the soldiers wounded in the weekend incident, Turkish presidential sources said, without giving further […]https://www.defencetalk.com/erdogan-backs-ally-maduro-after-assassination-bid-71768/