US carrier enters, Venezuela mobilises
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The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford entered Caribbean waters, and Venezuela responded by ordering a mass military mobilization while Britain and Colombia suspended intelligence sharing.
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"For years, the UK, which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets, has helped the US locate vessels suspected of carrying drugs so that the US Coast Guard could interdict them."
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"For years, the UK, which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets, has helped the US locate vessels suspected of carrying drugs so that the US Coast Guard could interdict them."
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Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest U.S. military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989. The U.S. Navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean. The deployment of the ship and the strike group it leads—which includes dozens of aircraft and destroyer ships—had been announced nearly three weeks ago, and its arrival marks an escalation in the military buildup between the U.S. and Venezuela. Continue reading.
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