Venezuela has placed its military on high alert after the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean. The government says more than 200,000 troops and all branches of its armed forces are mobilized in what it calls a defensive move against foreign provocation,

USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group arrives in Southern Command area of operations near Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug cartels.

As the world wonders whether the U.S. is on the verge of striking Venezuela, the arrival in the Caribbean of the world’s newest, largest aircraft carrier and its missile-firing escort ships is ratcheting up the pressure on Nicolas Maduro,

That outward tide, proportionally, now rivals—and by some measures exceeds—Syria’s peak refugee flight during the European migrant crisis. The current standoff, if it escalates, risks creating shock waves that will be felt in buses,

WASHINGTON -- The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of American military power not seen in Latin America for generations.

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