Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro accused US of "fabricating a war",

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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro accused  US of "fabricating a war", 


Nicolás Maduro,the Venezuela's President  has accused the US of "fabricating a war", after President Trump sent the world's largest warship towards the Caribbean in a major escalation of its military build-up in the region.

According to BBC , Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, which can carry up to 90 aircraft, to move from the Mediterranean on Friday.

 US  military presence in the Caribbean has increased recently ,sending warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft in what it says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.

Members of US Congress are concerned about the legality of the strikes and the president's authority to order them.

Trump said he has the legal authority to order the strikes, and has designated Tren de Aragua a terrorist organisation.

According to BBC ,Brian Finucane, a former US State Department lawyer, said  the situation amounted to a constitutional crisis .

"The US is experiencing an Article 1 crisis," Mr Finucane. Said  "It is the US Congress that has principal control over the use of military force. That control has been usurped in this instance by the White House, and so it's up to Congress to push back."

Friday was the tenth carried out against alleged drug traffickers since early September. Most have taken place off of South America, in the Caribbean, but on 21 and 22 October it carried out strikes in the Pacific Ocean.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio added that "if people want to stop seeing drug boats blow up, stop sending drugs to the United States".

The six deaths in the operation Hegseth announced on Friday brings the total people killed in the US strikes to at least 43.



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