The Venezuelan government published a letter from President Nicolás Maduro to U.S. President Donald Trump earlier today, September 21st, 2025, which was reportedly delivered to a South American intermediary on September 6th, 2025. Vice President Delcy RodrĂguez stated that the government is publishing the letter in full due to its partial filtering. RodrĂguez shared the information via X (formerly Twitter) in the past hour, noting the original delivery date of the letter. The publication of the letter follows previous reports indicating unsubstantiated social media claims about Venezuelan militias training to assassinate President Trump. In unrelated maritime activity, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) was deployed into the U.S. Southern Command area yesterday, September 20th, 2025. This deployment increased the total number of U.S. Navy warships in the region to at least 10, representing approximately 13% of the U.S. Navy's currently deployed ships. This activity occurred in the context of a joint operation on September 20th, 2025, where U.S. forces attacked a drug boat approximately 80 nautical miles south of Beata Island, leading to the Dominican Republic seizing 377 packages of alleged cocaine. A YouGov survey released today also indicated that a majority of Americans oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
