Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has doubled down on calls for peace as U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly mulls over options for military operations inside the country and places an enormous amount of firepower close to Venezuela's coast.

The U.S. has a long and checkered history of intervening in Latin America. Here's what that may tell us about President Trump's ideas for Venezuela.

WASHINGTON -- The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of American military power not seen in Latin America for generations.

Washington alleges the group is headed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and is involved in drug trafficking and illegal mining.

"I can’t tell you what it would be, but I’ve sort of made up my mind," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Nov. 14.

Venezuela is sending troops to counter a U.S. warship buildup in the Caribbean, as Nicolás Maduro accuses Washington of plotting regime change.

NBC's Peter Alexander, Leigh Ann Caldwell, NYT's Jamelle Bouie, and Lanhee Chen join NBC's Kristen Wlker on this week's "Meet the Press" roundtable.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro broke into John Lennon’s famous peace ballad “Imagine” during a speech on US tension. Maduro was delivering a speech on the outskirts of the capital, Caracas, on Saturday (15 November),