Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana

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President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela's armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana's territorial waters as the South American neighbors dispute a large border region.

In a nationally televised address on Thursday, Maduro said that 6,000 Venezuelan troops, including air and naval forces, will conduct joint operations off the nation's eastern coast — near the border with Guyana.

Maduro described the impending arrival of British ship HMS Trent to Guyana's shores as a "threat" to his country. He argued the ship's deployment violates a recent agreement between the South American nations.