The US Navy’s newest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is expected to reach the Caribbean this weekThis marks a dramatic escalation in the American military buildup near Venezuela amid growing speculation over possible US strikes against Nicolás Maduro’s regimeThe $13 billion supercarrier sailed west through the Strait of Gibraltar last week, ship-spotters confirmed, making about 15 knots n18oc_crux n18oc_world