Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989The US 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 US Southern...
<p>USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989</p><p>The US 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 US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/caribbean">Caribbean</a>.</p><p>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 US and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela">Venezuela</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/navy-carrier-trump-drugs-caribbean-latin-america">Continue reading...</a>
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