Tag Archives: Caribbean

Lawmaker Demands Hearing on U.S. Strikes on Boats in Caribbean  The New York Times Why is the Trump administration releasing alleged ‘narco-terrorists’?  CNN Officials, locals undercut Trump claims about Venezuela drug boats  The Washington Post Fact-checking Trump’s claim that each boat strike off Venezuela’s coast saves 25,000 lives  PBS Trump’s deadly war against the narco boats is too raw for me – and one …

A potentially intense storm may form in the Caribbean. Here’s where it could go.  The Washington Post Tropical disturbance poses torrential rainfall threat for the central Caribbean  Yale Climate Connections Tropical Storm Melissa May Form In The Caribbean This Week; Its Future Is Uncertain  The Weather Channel Tropical wave over Caribbean likely to form in next few days, forecasters say  NOLA.com Invest 98-L shows …

Exclusive: US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says  Reuters U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel  The New York Times Donald Trump Crows About Lethal Drug Boat Strike While Millions Protest Him  The Daily Beast Trump and Maduro are both amassing military forces as tensions build in the Caribbean  CNN Opinion | In the Caribbean, Trump …

U.S. Detains 2 Survivors of Latest Military Strike in Caribbean  The New York Times At least 2 survivors of US attack on alleged drug smugglers in American custody  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Trump confirms ‘submarine’ attack in Caribbean, amid reports of survivors  Al Jazeera Some survivors after US strikes another suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, sources say  CNN …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States took survivors into custody after the military struck a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday. It is the first known attack that anyone has escaped alive since President Donald Trump began launching deadly strikes in the waters off Venezuela last month and …

Exclusive: U.S. Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say  Reuters U.S. military strike on a cartel boat leaves survivors for the first time, U.S. official says  NBC News US Navy detaining two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat  CNN Survivors reported for 1st time in latest US Caribbean airstrike: Official  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos …

Relatives of two men from Trinidad believed to have been killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean have accused Donald Trump of “killing poor people” without due process and are demanding justice. Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, from the fishing village of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad, are thought to be among six people …

Gustavo Ocando AlexReporting from Maracaibo, Venezuela for BBC News Mundo Gustavo Ocando Alex Wilder Fernández is a young fisherman in the west of Venezuela who is concerned by the US military presence in the Caribbean Wilder Fernández has caught four good-sized fish in the murky waters of a small bay north of Lake Maracaibo. The contents of his net will …

The US 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 such case, there were survivors among the crew, a US official told Reuters. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer additional details about the incident, which has not been …

The US carried out a strike on a boat in the Caribbean on Thursday that did not kill everyone on board, two US officials told CNN. There are believed to be survivors among the crew, but their status is unclear. The US military has carried out at least six strikes to date on six separate boats in the Caribbean, but …