Carrier Ford Joins U.S. Caribbean Campaign, Caracas Announces Nationwide Mobilization

Overview

• U.S. Navy confirmed the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group entered the U.S. Southern Command area on Nov. 11, expanding an anti-narcotics deployment already featuring warships, aircraft and a nuclear submarine.
• Venezuela’s Defense Ministry ordered a “massive” mobilization across all states, activating army, navy, air, riverine and missile assets alongside the Milicia Bolivariana in response to perceived U.S. threats.
• Reuters-sourced plans describe a guerrilla-style “prolonged resistance” with dispersed units and a separate “anarquização” strategy to foment street disorder, reflecting acknowledged shortfalls in Venezuela’s conventional capabilities.
• Pentagon officials said two more suspect boats were struck Sunday in the Pacific with six fatalities, bringing the tally to 19 actions and 76 deaths since September under President Trump’s narcoterrorism directive.
• Diplomatic fallout widened as London paused and Bogotá suspended intelligence feeds to the U.S. over legality concerns, and Russia condemned the maritime strikes as unacceptable and outside international law.