Hurricane Melissa evacuees return to Guantánamo base
GUANTANAMO BAY — Navy families, immigration detention employees and lawyers have been streaming back to the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to restart functions that were halted by the…
US aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops…
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USS Lake Erie cruiser docked at the Frederiksted Pier in St. Croix
USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is the U.S. Navy ship currently docked at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility in St. Croix as of today, the Virgin Islands Free Press can…
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…
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Trump says declaration of war not needed on drug cartels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration plans to brief the U.S. Congress on operations against drug cartels and that even though he did not need…
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US strike against alleged drug vessel in Caribbean kills six, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel killed six suspected "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, the latest operation in…
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US commander overseeing fatal strikes against alleged drug boats off Venezuela will retire
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy admiral who oversees military operations in the region where U.S. forces have been attacking alleged drug boats off Venezuela will retire in December, he and the Defense…
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In a first, US strike in Caribbean leaves survivors, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. military carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what is believed to be the first…
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U.S. detains 2 survivors of latest military strike in the Caribbean
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Navy has rescued two survivors of an American military strike on a semi-submersible vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and is holding…