by Sharon Zhang | Oct 21, 2025 | Armed Services Committee, Caribbean, Colombia, Democrats, Donald Trump, News, Pete Hegseth, Venezuela, War
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee has called for a hearing on the Trump administration’s strikes in the Caribbean after the White House officially escalated its aggression to target Colombia as well as Venezuela, completely bypassing Congress. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington) said in a statement that, over a month after the strikes first began, the Trump administration has…
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by Brett Wilkins | Oct 20, 2025 | Caribbean, cartels, Colombia, Donald Trump, Gustavo Petro, News, Trump Administration
The United States carried out another deadly attack on a boat it claimed was being used by a left-wing Colombian revolutionary group to transport drugs in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump alleged without evidence that Columbia’s president “is an illegal drug dealer.” Hegseth said the strike, which took place on Friday…
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by Sharon Zhang | Oct 18, 2025 | Caribbean, Donald Trump, Latin America, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Venezuela
A new, seemingly not yet publicly disclosed U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean has left survivors for the first time, reports say. Reuters, citing a U.S. official, reported that the U.S. bombed what they claim is a drug trade-related vessel on Thursday. However, unlike the military’s previous five strikes, which were publicly disclosed by officials, the attack did not kill all of the…
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