Americas beat: Pressure Builds on Maduro The deployment of “the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group” to the southern Caribbean shows that the United States has “changed its deterrence and diplomacy” as well its general “approach to narco-dictators” in Latin America, notes Arturo McFields at The Hill . The US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier “is not just a powerful tool of war; it’s the full toolbox,” and will “support the president’s directive to dismantle transnational criminal