US sends world’s largest aircraft carrier to Latin America in military escalation

Movement that represents an escalation of the American military presence and tension in the region

GUILHERME BOTACINI – BRASÍLIA, DF (FOLHAPRESS) – The United States announced this Friday (24) that it will send the USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest class of aircraft carrier in the world, and other vessels, in a move that represents an escalation of the American military presence and tension in the region.

“The enhanced presence of American forces in the Southern Command area of ​​responsibility will strengthen the ability to detect, monitor and dismantle illicit activities and actors that compromise the security and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” wrote Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, in a publication on X.