"At the Otaheite fishing depot on Trinidad's west coast, fishers are busy gutting their morning catch on tables. Mounds of conch and small bait are stacked as wooden canoe-like fishing boats bob idly offshore. On a day as clear as this, the mountains in Venezuela are visible on the horizon, so close is the island to the South American mainland. The Gulf of Paria, which separates the two countries, is deceptively calm. But many in the Caribbean fear a coming storm."
"The US sent eight warships and a submarine to the southern Caribbean last month, in what the Trump administration said was a mission to fight drug trafficking. The White House says the flotilla has destroyed three speedboats it claims were carrying drugs, killing at least 17 people. UN experts and human rights groups have described the US attacks as extrajudicial killings,"
Fishers in Otaheite, Trinidad, continue daily work while remaining wary of heightened naval activity in nearby waters. The US deployed eight warships and a submarine to the southern Caribbean, claiming a mission to combat drug trafficking, and reported destroying three speedboats with at least 17 people killed. UN experts and human rights groups described the strikes as extrajudicial killings, and several Caribbean governments linked to the Alba bloc condemned the deployment as violating international law. Some regional states and navies supported or cooperated with the US operations, while local communities and some leaders urged caution.
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