7 d. ago Trump wants to talk directly to Maduro as military’s top officer arrives in Caribbean

Trump’s call for talks between the US and Venezuela comes as his administration allegedly planned to drop leaflets encouraging the usurpation of Maduro on the South American petrostate’s capital

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2 w. ago US attacks another alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing three, as Trump signals possible talks with Maduro

Strike comes as navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean Sea and president says US may open talks with Venezuelan leaderThe United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Pentagon said on Sunday.“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” the US Southern Command announced in a post on social media. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago America’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean in Trump’s latest Venezuela move

Experts disagree on whether or not American warplanes may be used to strike land targets inside Venezuela

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2 w. ago Trump’s biggest warship arrives in Caribbean Sea as fears of war with Venezuela loom despite Maduro’s peace plea

DONALD Trump's most advanced and most powerful aircraft carrier - the USS Gerald R. Ford - has thundered into the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. The American steel giant is now cutting through turquoise waters as fears of a showdown with Venezuela sharpen. The Ford’s arrival caps the largest U.S. military buildup in the region in...

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2 w. ago Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela

The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power

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2 w. ago Donald Trump 'could strike Venezuela to destroy cartels' after 'unusual' US Navy move

Thousands of US Marines and multiple US warships have arrived in the Caribbean amid a growing view Donald Trump could order strikes against cartels operating in Venezuela

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2 w. ago US strikes against boats in Caribbean ‘disregard international law’, French minister says

G7 foreign ministers questioned Marco Rubio about the attacks on what the Trump administration claims are drug smugglersStakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the CaribbeanIs US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is facing questions from his fellow G7 foreign ministers about the legality of the US strikes in the Caribbean on ships it says it suspects of carrying drugs.The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticised the military operations, saying they could contribute to instability in the region, but his suggestion that the attacks were unlawful was also a rare criticism of the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

Washington’s former ambassador in Caracas says a US attack once seen as unlikely now looks imminentWhen Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August to torment Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, the US’s former ambassador in Caracas, James Story, suspected the deployment was largely for show: a spectacular flexing of military muscle supposed to force the authoritarian leader from power.But in recent days, as the world’s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group powered towards the region and the US president continued to order deadly airstrikes on alleged narco-boats, the diplomat’s thinking has shifted. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford arrives in the Caribbean in latest escalation of Trump’s war on cartel boats

World’s largest aircraft carrier arrives to support operations against alleged narcotics smugglers

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2 w. ago World’s largest aircraft carrier the USS Gerald R Ford arrives in the Caribbean in latest escalation of Trump’s war on cartel boats

World’s largest aircraft carrier arrives to support operations against alleged narcotics smugglers

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2 w. ago Venezuela ‘preparing guerrilla response in case of US attack’ as world’s largest aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean

Government officials publicly have been dismissive of a U.S. military threat, though they have called for peace

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3 w. ago 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 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 US and Venezuela. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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3 w. ago Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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