Ships in the Caribbean: The Pentagon Remains Silent on Its Plans
The recent US military deployment in the Caribbean has set off alarm bells and raised questions that remain unanswered. This is no ordinary operation.
The recent US military deployment in the Caribbean has set off alarm bells and raised questions that remain unanswered. This is no ordinary operation.
James B. Story was the United States ambassador to Venezuela from July 2018 to May 2023.
A new U.S. order has sent the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport News to the southern Caribbean Sea.
Michael Paarlberg is a Political Science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2020 he served as the Latin America advisor to Bernie Sanders.
Under the justification of combating drug trafficking and confronting drug cartels, the United States has launched a military advance in the waters off Venezuela’s territorial sea.
The U.S. military is deploying an additional 4,500 troops to the Southern Command region, which includes Latin America and the Caribbean.
The U.S. government has ordered the deployment of naval and air forces to the southern Caribbean Sea to take action against Latin American drug cartels, according to a Reuters report citing two sources.
Attorney General Tarek William Saab stated that he will investigate abuses against Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador earlier this year and were repatriated this month.
The governments of the United States and Venezuela are reportedly in the process of carrying out a prisoner exchange, involving migrants deported to El Salvador and American citizens.
A U.S. court official overseeing the auction of PDV Holdings, the parent company of Citgo Petroleum, has recommended the $7.38 billion bid.