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US 'fabricating' a war: Venezuela's Maduro on military deployment

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Agence France-Presse

<p>CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela&#x27;s President Nicolas Maduro asserted Friday the United States was &quot;fabricating a war&quot; as Washington sent an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, building up a military deployment there.</p><p>&quot;They are fabricating a new eternal war; they promised they would never again get involved in a war, and they are fabricating a war that we are going to prevent,&quot; Maduro told state broadcasters.</p><p>Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday — scaling up a military buildup that is fueling fears of war.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/9/21/venezuela-offers-military-training-to-public-amid-trump-threats-0850"><strong>Venezuela offers military training to public amid Trump threats<br/></strong></a></div><p>US President Donald Trump launched a military campaign in September, including 10 F-35 stealth warplanes and eight US Navy ships, in a campaign he said was aimed at  &quot;narco-terrorists.&quot;</p><p>Strikes on at least 10 boats have killed over 40 people so far, said by their governments and families to be mainly civilians, some of them fishermen out at sea.</p><p>Washington on Thursday announced joint military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago off Venezuela&#x27;s coast.</p><p>The USS Gravely destroyer will dock in Port of Spain from October 26-30, and a contingent of US Marines will conduct joint training with the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force, it said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eOBrQ4prbZQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday — scaling up a military buildup that is fueling fears of war.</p>

Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday — scaling up a military buildup that is fueling fears of war.