{"id":1186,"date":"2026-01-04T13:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/u-s-forces-maintain-air-and-naval-presence-near-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:41:24","slug":"u-s-forces-maintain-air-and-naval-presence-near-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/u-s-forces-maintain-air-and-naval-presence-near-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Forces maintain air and naval presence near Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1338\" height=\"881\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1338px) 100vw, 1338px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2-800x527.jpg 800w, https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2-638x420.jpg 638w, https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2-696x458.jpg 696w, https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9yG-oFXkAAPeB2-1068x703.jpg 1068w\">The United States has continued elevated air and maritime military activity in the Caribbean region following Saturday\u2019s U.S. operation in Venezuela, with fighter aircraft and naval assets operating near Venezuelan borders, according to local reports. Residents of Puerto Rico, where one of the United States\u2019 operational military bases in the region is located, reported sustained [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has continued elevated air and maritime military activity in the Caribbean region following Saturday\u2019s U.S. operation in Venezuela, with fighter aircraft and naval assets operating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heldplants.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}