A U.S. attack on a boat off the coast of Venezuela killed 11 people. Venezuela's response so far has been muted.

They don't want an escalation. The Venezuelan armed forces are in no shape to confront this task force, much less anything else the U.S. might say.

I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, the reaction from Latin America and beyond.

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This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. We begin today in Latin America, where a U.S. Secretary

of State Marco Rubio is wrapping up a trip to the region. Today, he is in Ecuador. Yesterday,

he was in Mexico. But the big question South American

leaders are asking right now is what the United States is doing off the coast of Venezuela.

The Pentagon recently sent a small fleet of warships to the Southern Caribbean. And on Tuesday,

President Trump boasted on social media that U.S. forces had carried out a direct attack on a ship there, killing 11, quote, narco-terrorists.

The announcement has raised a lot of questions. It's also sparked a wide range of reactions in Latin America and beyond.

The world's Matthew Bell kicks things off today with our report.

President Trump's social media post included a short, grainy video of the nighttime strike with no sound. It shows a

small, fast boat cutting through the waves. There are several passengers on board in some sort of cargo.

Suddenly, the vessel is engulfed in a fireball. Trump's post said the boat was transporting illegal drugs and that the people on board were members of the Venezuelan gang, Trend da Agua.

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