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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Human Rights Group Warns US Allies Against Complicity in Trump's Boat Strikes

Allied countries must reassess maritime cooperation and intelligence-sharing with the United States to avoid complicity in alleged unlawful US boat strikes and extrajudicial killings.
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fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

U.S. strikes two more alleged drug boats, pushing death toll past 75

U.S. forces killed six alleged drug smugglers off Latin America, bringing the counternarcotics campaign death toll past 75.
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fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Former CIA Station Chief on the Trump Administration's Caribbean Strategy

U.S. military buildup, covert authorizations, and counternarcotics strikes intensify pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his weakened military position.
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fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

U.S. conducts another Caribbean boat strike, detains some survivors

U.S. military killed unidentified suspected drug traffickers near Venezuela, detained survivors aboard a Navy vessel, amid expanded Trump administration counternarcotics operations and legal controversy.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Colombia's President Petro decries US claim Bogota failing to fight drugs

The United States designated Colombia as failing to meet international counternarcotics obligations while issuing a waiver to maintain critical counter-narcotics cooperation.
fromThe Washington Post
3 months ago

U.S. won't kill drug smugglers if their countries cooperate, Rubio says

QUITO, Ecuador - The Trump administration will continue to identify and kill foreign drug smugglers without the consent of their home countries, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Thursday. But such actions may not be necessary if the smugglers come from friendly nations that cooperate with the United States, Rubio added. "For cooperative governments, there's no need because those governments are going to help us," the top U.S. diplomat said during a visit to Ecuador's capital. "They're going to help us find these people and blow them up, if that's what it takes."
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