Overview

• President Donald Trump instructed envoy Richard Grenell to stop all engagement with Caracas immediately, according to the New York Times.
• Venezuelan officials say they alerted Washington through three channels to a purported plan by local extremists to place explosives at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas.
• Nicolás Maduro says the United States was given names, meeting times and locations tied to the alleged plot, and that suspects are being sought in Venezuela.
• No public evidence of the alleged embassy plot has been released, and the embassy has operated with minimal staffing since ties were severed in 2019.
• U.S. forces continue a reinforced presence near Venezuela with at least eight warships, a nuclear-powered attack submarine and over 4,500 personnel, after multiple maritime interdictions since August that reportedly destroyed at least five boats and left more than 20 dead.