US sends aircraft carrier to Latin America as Venezuela tensions rise

The carrier, which includes a nuclear reactor, can hold more than 75 military aircraft, including fighter aircraft like the F-18 Super Hornet jets and the E-2 Hawkeye, which can act as an early warning system.

It has an arsenal of missiles, like the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, which are medium-range, surface-to-air missiles used to counter drones and aircraft.

(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Editing by Franklin Paul and Howard Goller)