by Greg Grandin | Nov 13, 2025 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, Drug War, Latin America, Op-Ed, Trump Administration, Venezuelan
Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad. Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second term that the Gulf of Mexico would henceforth be called the Gulf of America as a foolish, yet harmless, show of dominance. Now, however, he’s created an ongoing bloodbath in the adjacent Caribbean Sea. The Pentagon has so far destroyed 18…
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by Michael Fox | Nov 7, 2025 | Barbados, Boat Strikes, Carribbean, Latin America, mexico, News, Nicolás Maduro, Trump Administration, Venezuela
The tiny Caribbean island nation of Barbados — with a population roughly the size of Anchorage, Alaska, or Lincoln, Nebraska — might not be the country one would first imagine taking the lead to stand up to U.S. military actions and ambitions in the region. But as the Trump administration continues to attack boats, first in the Caribbean Sea and now in the Pacific, leaders in Barbados have been…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 23, 2025 | Caribbean, CIA, Colombia, Donald Trump, Drug War, International Law, Interview, Latin America, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Trump Administration, Venezuela, War, war on drugs
Tensions are escalating between Colombia and the United States as President Trump conducts deadly airstrikes on supposed “drug boats” in the Caribbean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of committing murder for killing a Colombian fisherman in one attack in mid-September and just recalled the country’s ambassador, Daniel García-Peña. “Even if they were in fact carrying drugs…
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by Rodrigo Acuña | Oct 21, 2025 | Caribbean, Colombia, Donald Trump, Latin America, News Analysis, Sanctions, Trump Administration, Venezuela, War
The Trump administration is attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea with such frequency that it may blow up another between the publication of this article and your reading of it. The administration has so far failed to produce any hard evidence behind its allegations that the seven speedboats destroyed by U.S. airstrikes were carrying narcotics. As of October 21, reports indicate that 32 people have…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 19, 2025 | Donald Trump, Imperialism, Interview, Latin America, Nicolás Maduro, Nobel Peace Prize, Right Wing, Venezuela
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqualified by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, with fellow opposition leader Edmundo González standing in for her. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council ultimately declared Maduro the winner…
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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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