new video loaded: Why U.S. Officials Are in Venezuela Right Now
U.S. officials visited Venezuela after the first direct flight between the two countries since 2019. Our White House correspondent Tyler Pager describes how the main message of the trip was, in the words of a White House adviser “drill, baby, drill.”
By Tyler Pager, Melanie Bencosme and Todd Heisler
May 1, 2026
new video loaded: Why U.S. Officials Are in Venezuela Right Now
U.S. officials visited Venezuela after the first direct flight between the two countries since 2019. Our White House correspondent Tyler Pager describes how the main message of the trip was, in the words of a White House adviser “drill, baby, drill.”
By Tyler Pager, Melanie Bencosme and Todd Heisler
May 1, 2026
