US Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Lake Erie Transits Panama Canal Amid Heightened Venezuela Tensions
US Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Lake Erie Transits Panama Canal Amid Heightened Venezuela Tensions A U.S. guided-missile cruiser, the USS Lake Erie, was observed transiting the Panama Canal on Friday night, moving from the Pacific to the Caribbean. This strategic movement follows the Trump administration’s recent deployment of warships near Venezuela’s coast, primarily for anti-drug trafficking operations. AFP journalists witnessed the naval vessel passing through one of the canal’s locks around 9:30 pm on August 29, navigating eastward toward the Atlantic….