Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has tightened personal security measures amid an increased US military presence in the Caribbean Sea.

Axar.az informs that the Financial Times reported.

According to them, Maduro’s public appearances in recent weeks have been held on a reduced and unannounced schedule. Senior officials and military leaders, who previously always accompanied the president, are now absent to avoid a collective threat to government officials.

Maduro’s personal security detail, the sources said, is increasingly relying on Cuban professionals, as the government worries about declining loyalty among Venezuelan security forces amid the country’s economic crisis and high inflation.

"Maduro is deploying the classic security protocols for when a person is being threatened," Jose Garcia, a Venezuelan military expert who has monitored Maduro’s security procedures, told the newspaper.

The report notes that Maduro, having endured maximum pressure from US sanctions during Donald Trump’s first presidential term, considers the presence of American warships in the Caribbean Sea to be a harbinger of regime change.