The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory
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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.
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