US conducts 17th lethal strike against alleged drug boat
At least 69 people have now been killed in strikes on vessels since September 2 WASHINGTON (ABC) — The United States has conducted its 17th lethal strike against a suspected…
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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a…
Kremlin: Russia remains in contact with Venezuela over Caribbean tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia remains in constant contact with Venezuela over tensions in the Caribbean, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "We have constant working contacts with Venezuela,"…
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How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela
SAN JUAN — The United States military is upgrading a long-abandoned former Cold War naval base in the Caribbean, a Reuters visual investigation has found, suggesting preparations for sustained operations…
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ US military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia's foreign ministry denounced on Saturday "excessive military force" by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and…
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami…
Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) — U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean have killed dozens of what the Trump administration says are drug trafficking terrorists responsible for thousands…
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Why blowing up Venezuelan boats won’t stop the flow of drugs
CARACAS (NYT) — The U.S. military has killed at least 43 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President…
Venezuela condemns ‘military provocation’ by CIA and Trinidad and Tobago
CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela today condemned what it said was a military provocation by neighboring Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, aimed at spurring a…
US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, putting more pressure on Venezuela
PORT-OF-SPAIN (AP) — A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago ‘s capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro. The arrival of the…