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A Venezuelan official is suggesting that President Christine Kangaloo’s recent call for diplomacy should be directed squarely at the United States, as the world’s largest aircraft carrier arrived close to the country’s borders.
The USS Gerald R Ford entered Caribbean waters on Sunday, joining eight warships, a nuclear submarine, F-35 aircraft and hundreds of military personnel. Its arrival comes as US President Donald Trump refuses to rule out deploying troops to Venezuela, even while insisting he remains open to talks with President Nicolás Maduro.
The Venezuelan official, who spoke with Guardian Media via WhatsApp on the condition of anonymity, was responding to remarks Kangaloo delivered at the Annual Heads of Missions Dinner on November 5.
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