US to escalate military presence in South America with aircraft carrier group

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America — a show of force far beyond any past counter-narcotics effort and Washington’s most assertive move in the region yet. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/10/25/us-military-to-deploy-aircraft-carrier-to-south-america-amid-soaring-tensions-with-venezuela