🇺🇸 🚢 The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under the control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean. This marks the latest US naval mobilisation in the region amid rising tensions. | FRANCE 24 English

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived off the coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, the latest show of U.S. military strength as tensions with Venezuela escalate. The ship's arrival follows a series of 19 U.S. strikes on at least 20 suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, with the administration posting footage of those strikes to social media over the past 10 weeks. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. John Teichert joins NewsNation to discuss the U.