The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón asked President-elect Trump to take action after Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro threatened an invasion.

Maduro’s calls for an invasion are a clear attempt to get rid of the United States presence and grow his influence in the area,” González-Colón wrote.

"The freedom of Puerto Rico is pending, and we will achieve it with Brazilian troops," the Venezuelan president said.

Maduro Says Venezuela & Brazil Should "Liberate" Puerto Rico from US | Vantage with Palki Sharma Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as the president of Venezuela for the third time. The West disputes his victory,

Puerto Rico ’s governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. territory. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing ... “Maduro’s days are numbered. If the dictator in Venezuela does not want to end up like other dictators Mussolini and Gaddafi, he should ...

The US move coincided with sanctions by Britain and the European Union each targeting 15 officials, including members of the National Electoral Council and the security forces, and Canadian sanctions targeting 14 current and former officials.

The governor of Puerto Rico pleaded for President-elect Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. island territory. In a letter addressed to Trump ...

In fact, the United States shares a maritime boundary with Venezuela in Puerto Rico." She said that Maduro's calls for an invasion "are a clear attempt to get rid of the United States' presence ...

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for ...

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombia’s Catatumbo region.