On the deck of the USS Gerald Ford in the Caribbean. | Paige Brown/US Navy via Getty Images The State Department designated Venezuela’s “Cartel de los Soles” as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on Monday as part of an escalating campaign aimed at forcing President Nicolás Maduro from power. The designation comes amid an ongoing campaign of US strikes on suspected drug boats that has killed more than 80 people, the largest build-up of US military forces in the Caribbean in decades, and the news that President Donald Trump has authorized covert action within Venezuela.  The design...

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