Today, USSOUTHCOM is the unified command responsible for all U.S. Military activities on the land mass of Latin America, south of Mexico; the waters adjacent to Central and South America ...

The carrier is set to operate in the United States Southern Command area of operations as ... and is aimed at enhancing interoperability and building maritime partnerships in the region.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday accused the United States of building "secret ... secret military bases of the (US) Southern Command... a body of the CIA, have been installed ...