Most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela

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The USS Gerald R. Ford arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday, completing the largest military buildup in the region in decades.

The Trump administration says it is a counter-narcotics operations, but some analysts see it as military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power.

U.S. strikes targeting suspected drug boats have killed at least 80 people since early September. At least some were impoverished fishermen and others.

WASHINGTON — The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administr