Tension factor the American fleet in the Caribbean, Lula says

The US military presence in the Caribbean is a “tension factor” for the region, Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva said in a teleconference today by BRICS leaders of the emerging economies. “The presence of the armed forces of the world’s strongest country in the Caribbean Sea is a factor in tension, incompatible with the peaceful attitude of this area,” Lula said, according to the English translation of his speech broadcast by the South African presidency channel. US President Donald Trump’s government has developed naval forces in the Caribbean as part of the “war” with drug cartels, which led to high tension with Venezuela. In addition to warships, Washington announced that it would send further aid, specifically ten F-35 fighter aircraft to Puerto Rico. Washington accuses Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of directing a drug trafficking network and recently increased to $ 50 million […]
Source: News Beast

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