Its most advanced flying stations are near Venezuela anid rising show of force
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Washington’s Advanced Advance Carriers arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a show of US military power, raising questions about the new arrival of South American troops as they clash with suspected drug dealers.
The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford and other warships, announced by the Navy in a statement, marks a major moment in the administration that deviates from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Since the beginning of September, US strikes have killed at least 80 people in attacks on small boats suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocen.
Ford is circling the largest pre-firehouse building in the region in generations. By its arrival, the “WEASTE Southern Spear” includes about a dozen naval ships and about 12,000 sailors.
The Carrier Strike Group, which includes squadrons of fighter jets and destroyers, moved the Anegada class near the British Virgin Islands on Sunday morning, the military said.
Rear ADM. Paul Lanzilotta, commanding the task force, said that it will strengthen the major military forces of the United States ‘to protect the security and prosperity of our nation in the fight against Narco –
ADM. Alvin Holsey, the commander who supported the Caribbean and Latin America, said in a statement that American forces “are ready to fight the transnational threats that want to stop our region.”
Holsey, who will retire next month after a year on the job, said the deployment of the strike group was ‘a critical step in strengthening our determination to protect the security of the western world. “
Military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago
In Trinidad and Tobago, which is only 11 kilometers from Venezuela at its closest point, government officials say that the forces have started “exercises” with the US military that will take place during the week.
Sean Sobers, foreign affairs Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, described the joint exercises as the second in less than a month and said that it is aimed at dealing with violent crime in this nation in Europe and North America towards Europe and North America. The Prime Minister has been a vocal supporter of the US military.
The exercise will include marines from the 22nd expeditionary unit who have been deployed inside naval vessels that have been approaching the coast of Venezuela for months.
The Venezuelan government described the training as an act of aggression. It could not immediately comment Sunday on the aircraft carrier’s arrival.
Venezuela is listening to it as an excuse for ‘construction’
The administration emphasized that the construction is focused on protecting the flow of drugs in the US, but did not present evidence to support the claim that those killed in the boats were “Narcoterrorists.” Trump indicated the military action will expand beyond the strikes at sea, saying that we ‘will stop drugs coming into the country.’
The US has long used aircraft carriers to suppress and prevent interference with other nations because their warplanes can strike and aim deep inside another country. Some experts say that Ford is not ready to fight the cartels, but it can be an effective tool of intimidation that Maduro is pushing to make him reduce.
Explanation: The President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro asked John Lennon to silence the song Imagine during the Saturday of supporters and supporters, singing and the song of calm between the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States does not recognize Maduro, who was widely accused of stealing the election, as the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Rubio called Venezuela’s government a “transmission organization” that works closely with those drug traffickers.
Maduro, who is facing charges of narcoterrorism in the US, said the US government is ‘waging’ a war against him. The Venezuelan government has recently received a “massive” mobilization of troops and civilians to defend against our attacks.
‘He raised many worries’
Trump has prepared this attack on drug boats by saying that the US is engaged in an “armed war” with drug tankers while saying that the boats are being used by foreign terrorist organizations.
He faced leaders in the region, the main human rights and us, including Republicans, pressed for more information about who was the target of the shot on the boat.
Senate Republicans, however, recently voted to reject legislation that would have put a check on Trump’s ability to launch an attack on Venezuela without the approval of Venezuela.
Experts do not agree that American warplanes could be used to attack international targets inside Venezuela. Either way, the war of 100,000 is sending a message.
“This is a piece of what it means to be strong in the military and in Latin America,” said Elizabeth Dickinson, senior analyst for the group’s international group on the Andes Region.
“And it raised a lot of concerns in Venezuela but also in all the regions. I think everyone is watching this with a kind of petting breath to see how we should use the forces.”
