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President Trump is trying to deflect attention from the coronavirus crisis, says Mr Maduro

tells US, it sends warships to The Caribbean to stop illegal drugs.

"We must not allow the drug cartels to use the [coronavirus] said pandemic threaten American lives," President Donald Trump .

The Move comes a week after the US, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior officials of the country, with "narco-terrorism is calculated".

He accuses them of flooding the U.S. with cocaine and drugs as a Weapon to undermine the health of Americans.

A $15 million (£12. 5m) was offered a reward for information leading to Mr Maduro's arrest.

The Venezuelan government called on the US providing a "diversion" from the current pandemic spread around the US and the big wide world.

The U.S. military deployment of a further escalation of tensions between the Two Nations .

Washington has long accused the Venezuelan President of leading a corrupt and brutal regime, a charge he has repeatedly rejected.

It ensures the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, the self-interim declared President Last Year .

But the US deployment comes Two Days after US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo offered to lift crippling sanctions against Venezuela, if Mr Maduro and Mr Guaidó agreed to a power sharing deal.

Under the U.S. plan, of Venezuela, left President would be subject to "side step" and a transitional government Council, until new elections.

to force The Last Year , in an attempt, Mr Maduro to resign.

However, Mr Maduro has So Far resisted all attempts to remove him from power.

What are the new implementation is?

President Trump made The Announcement of the White house on Wednesday.

"Today, in the United States , the introduction of enhanced counter-narcotics efforts in the Western hemisphere to The American people from the deadly scourge of illegal drugs," He Said .

Mr Trump added that the US is the collaboration with 22 partner Nations, so the U.S. Southern Command , "increase in surveillance, disruption, and seizures of drug shipments, and provides additional support for the eradication efforts are underway, now at a record pace".

"We are deploying additional Navy-destroyers, warships, aircraft and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters and Air Force surveillance aircraft, the doubling of our capacity in the region," the US President said.

The Venezuelan answer came quickly, as expected.

"Donald Trump , today, tries to divert the attention. through the creation of an escalation of the statements and escalation of a conflict with Venezuela", said President Maduro.

"We Stay Here in Peace . participation in the pandemic, the control of the pandemic. "

What is the US argument for drugs?

The and include narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, Money Laundering and corruption.

U.S. Attorney General , William Barr accused Mr. Maduro conspiracy with a faction of the Colombian Farc rebel group's "high-water of the United States with cocaine" and "devastate American communities".

Mr Barr said the Colombian rebels had "received the support of the Maduro regime, who is so you have to use Venezuela as a Safe Haven from which they continue to carry out their cocaine".

"Maduro is very aware of the cocaine used as a Weapon . undermine the health and well-being of our nation," U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman said.

He accused Mr Maduro and his top aides for running a "narco-terrorism partnership with the Farc for The Last 20 years".

In a separate statement, The State Department said the name in the indictment had been violated", leaving the trust of The Public by facilitating the movement of narcotics from Venezuela, including the control of the aircraft, by a Venezuelan air base".

This poster offers a reward for Mr Maduro was released by the U.S.

Mr Maduro, the United States and Colombia of conspiring accused against Venezuela, and caused widespread violence in the country.

long He has been trying accused the US, to overthrow him, to them oil reserves, to seize control of Venezuela.

What is the background for the Venezuela crisis?

Mr Maduro narrowly won the presidential election in April 2013 after the death of his mentor, President Hugo Chávez.

He was elected to a second term in may 2018, in an election seen as a flawed and international observers.

in Venezuela has experienced the economic Collapse , Inflation was 800,000% in the Last Year and 4. 8m people have left the country.

Mr Guaidó President Maduro of being accused of unfit for the office. He won the support of many in the country as well as the US and EU leaders.

But Mr Maduro has remained in force and is supported by the army - as well as Russia, China and Cuba .

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Source of news: bbc.com