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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anselm Gibbs

US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, puts more pressure on Venezuela

Trinidad Tobago US Ship - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago 's capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.

The arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation adds to aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate "a new eternal war” against his country.

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