00:00Venezuela is preparing its armed forces in response to what it calls an imperialist threat
00:05from the U.S. following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group in the Caribbean
00:11Sea. Land, air, naval and reserve forces have begun joint exercises under orders from President
00:18Nicolas Maduro alongside police, militias and citizens units.
00:23The move comes after the U.S. Navy confirmed that America's largest warship, the USS Gerald
00:30R. Ford, had entered the region, accompanied by two guided missile destroyers and a command
00:36ship. The U.S. said its operations in the Caribbean are aimed at combating drug trafficking, but
00:42Caracas has accused Washington of using the mission as cover to collapse Maduro's government,
00:47a claim U.S. officials denied. Tensions between the two countries have escalated since Trump's
00:52return for a second term. In recent weeks, the U.S. government has also searched troops
00:57to areas near the Caribbean, including El Salvador, Puerto Rico and Panama, for training exercises
01:03and other operations.
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