A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago 's capital on Sunday as the Trump administration boosts its military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro .

The arrival of the USS Gravely , a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation joins the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate "a new eternal war" against his country.

The Venezuelan government on Sunday denounced the presence of the destroyer, calling it a "hostile provocation against Venezuela and a serious threat to the peace of the Caribbean," and accused the U.S. of preparing to launch a false flag attack.

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