U.S. Expands Military Presence in Latin America Amid Rising Tensions with Venezuela
In a major escalation of its pressure campaign against Venezuela, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford along with four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers—USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan, and USS Forrest Sherman—and possibly an attack submarine to the Latin American region.
