U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America Amid Rising Tensions with Venezuela
TL;DR
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the US of fabricating a war against Venezuela as the US deploys the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford near the country, amid tensions and accusations of drug trafficking and election theft.
- Venezuela’s Maduro says the US is fabricating a war as aircraft carrier approaches AP News
- US Navy’s ‘most lethal combat platform,’ the carrier USS Gerald R Ford, is being sent to the Caribbean CNN
- U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America as Drug Operation Expands The New York Times
- The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela The Atlantic
- U.S. sends aircraft carrier to South America in major escalation of military firepower NPR
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