USS Gerald R. Ford’s Caribbean Deployment Exposes Washington’s Reckless Militarization Near Venezuela

When America deploys its largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, along with over 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft, to waters near Venezuela, it is not simply a routine naval exercise—it is a calculated political message that raises serious questions about Washington's priorities and strategy in the Western Hemisphere. Since August, the United States has maintained a continuous naval and aerial presence close to Venezuelan shores under the pretext of fighting narcotrafficking. Yet this so-called "campaign against drugs" has escalated into deadly strikes resulting in at least 75 deaths and destruction of twenty vessels. The Pentagon lauds...