This month, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and a 60 Minutes team walked into a central market in Caracas, Venezuela, to speak to people after weeks of escalating tension between their country and the United States . It was a rare chance for American journalists to enter the oil-rich country.

They found a palpable sense of unease and uncertainty among Venezuelan citizens; some worried about a possible U.S. ground invasion or air strikes in their country.

"I have kids [and] grandkids, and my mother is still alive. I'm scared Venezuela is going to be bombed for no reason," a Caracas woman told 60 Minutes.

Since August, eight warships have been stationed just off the Venezuelan coast and over 10,000 American troops are in the region.

In September, the U.S. military began bombing boats tha

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