The US now has about 15,000 troops in the area where tensions have escalated since the boat strikes began in September.

White House officials have sought to walk back President Donald Trump’s repeated threats against Venezuela in recent days — even as the Department of Defense has continue to strike boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — but officials in the South American country on Tuesday took the arrival of a US aircraft carrier in the region seriously despite the administration’s claims that it won’t…

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