U.S. pressure on Venezuela is beginning to take its toll on the Miraflores Palace, the Venezuelan presidential residence. There is a lot of confusion,” says someone close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Despite all the tensions between the two countries, the deportation of undocumented migrants from the United States to Venezuela has continued. Paranoia is running high among the Chavista leadership, the top officials of Venezuela’s ruling party who are aligned with Hugo Chávez’s ideology. Instagram posts have shown fighter jets and images of Maduro, Diosdado, and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino rallying the troops.