The US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its strike group have entered the Caribbean Sea as tensions between the United States and Cuba continue to rise.
The Trump administration increases political, economic and military pressure on Havana through new sanctions, legal action and stronger security warnings.
The carrier strike group includes the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Carrier Air Wing 17 with F/A-18E Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers and C-2A Greyhounds, along with guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley and replenishment ship USNS Patuxent.
United States Southern Command announced the deployment on Wednesday, calling the carrier strike group a symbol of “preparedness and presence” in the region.
The Caribbean deployment places one of the US Navy’s biggest carrier groups near important commercial shipping routes and energy corridors linked to the Gulf of Mexico and the wider Atlantic region.
The move also coincided with Cuba’s Independence Day and a series of major US actions against Havana.
On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice
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