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The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean.

U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and "dozens" of military aircraft aboard the lead ship.

The strike group's deployment comes as the Trump administration continues to increase the pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who was charged by U.S. prosecutors in 2020 with narco-terrorism and other crimes. In August, the Trump administration upped the reward for information leading to Maduro's arrest or conviction to $50 million.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has recently carried out 20 strikes on boats near the country that American officials say were smuggling d

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