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U.S. Sends Missile Cruiser and Attack Sub to Caribbean as Venezuela Mobilizes, Protests at UN

Washington casts the mission as counternarcotics targeting designated narcoterrorist groups.

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El canciller de Venezuela, Yván Gil, informó que discutió con la ONU las amenazas que enfrenta la región por parte de EE.UU., declarada Zona de Paz en 2014 por la Celac, reconocimiento ratificado por las Naciones Unidas.
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Overview

  • Pentagon-released images show the Iwo Jima amphibious group underway near the southern Caribbean with roughly 4,500 personnel, including about 2,200 Marines.
  • Defense sources say the USS Lake Erie guided‑missile cruiser and USS Newport News nuclear‑powered attack submarine are ordered to arrive early next week, joining a force that includes three Arleigh Burke destroyers.
  • U.S. officials frame the buildup as an effort to confront drug-trafficking networks, with P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft and other naval assets supporting surveillance and interdiction.
  • Caracas announces 15,000 security personnel for the Colombian border, activates mass militia registration, and deploys drones and naval patrols in the Gulf of Venezuela and Lake Maracaibo.
  • Venezuela’s mission to the UN labels the planned arrival of a missile cruiser and nuclear-powered submarine a grave regional threat and demands an immediate halt to the U.S. deployment.