The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago is cautioning Americans to stay away from American government facilities in the twin-island nation amid the growing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela. The alert is based on threats directed at American citizens in the Caribbean nation, with U.S. authorities saying “it could be linked” to ongoing tensions…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans on Saturday to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation. It was an unusual warning that came as tensions grow between the United States and Venezuela over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers. Venezuela is…
Washington — President Trump confirmed a recent New York Times report that Venezuelan officials had offered the U.S. a huge stake in the country’s oil, gold and other natural resources to try to end the actions and threats against the country by the U.S. actions. He said Friday of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “He has…
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali (Reuters) -The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them from a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean hit by a U.S. strike that killed two others, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The disclosure, which has not been previously…
Police in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago told CBS News that they are investigating reports that two of the country’s citizens were among the six people killed in the United States’ most recent strike on a boat it said was carrying drugs. President Trump announced the strike Tuesday in a post on Truth Social,…
By giving the award to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has effectively crowned Trump’s vision of power and intervention as ‘peace’. By Steve Striffler Steve Striffler is the Director of the Labor Resource Center and Professor of Anthropology at UMass Boston. Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday ordered military exercises in the country’s biggest shantytowns after U.S. forces blew up another boat allegedly carrying drugs from the Caribbean country. President Trump said six “narcoterrorists” were killed in the strike on the vessel near Venezuela, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since early September…
Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off the coast of Venezuela. The president said in a post on Truth Social that six people aboard the vessel were killed in the strike and no U.S. forces were harmed. It’s the…
President Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account Tuesday showing what appears to be a U.S. military strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela. The president said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “ordered a lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel that was associated with narcotrafficking and was part of a Designated…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said receiving the Nobel Peace Prize was “an achievement of a whole society.” A video shared on social media shows Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, calling Machado on Friday morning to inform her that she had been chosen for the coveted prize. He is visibly…