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With oddly defensive language US SOUTHCOM announced 23 June that "while peacefully operating in the Caribbean Sea the US #Navy #destroyer USS #Nitze DDG94 conducted a freedom of navigation operation contesting an excessive maritime claim by Venezuela... 
..."The ship conducted the operation in international waters outside Venezuela’s 12 nm territorial jurisdiction. During the operation the ship lawfully navigated an area the illegitimate Maduro regime falsely claims control over, a claim inconsistent with international law
Note that US Pacific Command rarely (very rarely!) announced FONOPS in the western Pacific. NITZE is pictured arriving at Guantanamo Bay Cuba on 19 June southcom.mil/News/PressRele…
