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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…

John McCarthy November 2, 2025

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US carries out new strike in Caribbean, killing 3 alleged drug smugglers

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday. Hegseth…

John McCarthy November 2, 2025

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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…

John McCarthy November 1, 2025

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U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says

The Trump administration’s deadly bombing campaign of alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean violate international law and should be investigated, the United Nations’ top human rights…

John McCarthy November 1, 2025

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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…

John McCarthy November 1, 2025

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Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says

LONDON (Reuters) — Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in…

John McCarthy October 31, 2025

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4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth

WASHINGTON (ABC) — Four people were killed in the latest U.S. military airstrike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in…

John McCarthy October 30, 2025

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14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, War sec says

WASHINGTON (ABC) — The U.S. has carried out strikes against four more alleged drug vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday, killing 14 people. "Yesterday, at…

John McCarthy October 28, 2025

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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…

John McCarthy October 27, 2025

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US to escalate military presence in South America with aircraft carrier group

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin…

John McCarthy October 24, 2025