Caribbean

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed criticism from E.U. officials over the legality of military strikes against illicit drug traffickers in Caribbean international waters — emphasizing the United States is protecting its people from narco terrorists who would seek to harm them.

UK govt once again sides with human rights lawyer maximalism over national security, suspending U.S. intel sharing over Trump drug strikes.

Speaking to U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said his interdiction of drug shipments in the Caribbean has been so successful that “we can’t find a ship” loaded with drugs any more.

Hurricane Melissa became a Category 5 storm early Monday and is forecast to cause extensive damage when it makes landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) on Monday called for an immediate hearing into President Donald Trump’s authorization of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, citing unanswered questions about their legality, oversight, and the recent early retirement of U.S. Southern Command Commander Admiral Alvin Holsey.

Taiwan’s proposed budget includes a $32.8 million spending increase for the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs.

The African Union has joined a campaign to demand reparations from former Colonial powers over “historic crimes” such as slavery.

A small group of foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) regional bloc met on Monday morning for a “profound reflection” on the United States’ ongoing efforts to combat drug cartels in Caribbean international waters.

The government of France announced a substantial investment in law enforcement and military activities in the Caribbean on Sunday, including the deployment of two nautical brigades and a slew of surveillance drones and radar resources, to fight an explosion in drug trafficking in the region.

The leftist Labour Party government is reportedly considering talks with Caribbean nations on the issue of reparations for the British Empire’s role in the slave trade.

The Democrat governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has instructed all government employees to not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials operating within the Caribbean territory, citing the need to “celebrate diversity.”

The latest SpaceX Starship rocket had a rough test flight on Thursday, breaking apart within nine minutes of its launch.

The World Bank published a study on Sunday that found 26 of the world’s poorest nations — including Afghanistan, Yemen, Ethiopia, and North Korea — are “in deeper debt than at any other time since 2006.”

U.S. officials are again issuing strong warnings for people not to travel to Haiti as the Caribbean country suffers from violent crime and gang activity.

Cuba announced on Wednesday that three vessels from Russia’s Baltic Fleet will visit the island nation starting Saturday.

Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 storm, made landfall in the southeast Caribbean and is expected to hit Jamaica on Wednesday.

The tiny Caribbean nation of Anguilla has found a lucrative side-gig in the business of letting artificial intelligence (AI) companies use their .ai domain code for their websites.

Russia’s Kazan nuclear submarine and the Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning as part of a five-day stopover.

Russia is reportedly preparing to deploy combat vessels to the Caribbean Sea in the summer as part of combat exercises.

China is expanding its territory on a small island in the Caribbean considered to be in the “backyard” of the United States, according to leaked documents. The island of Antigua, which is roughly 220 miles from the U.S. Virgin Islands,

Haiti finally announced the membership of its “presidential transition council” on Tuesday, taking an important step toward removing unelected and wildly unpopular Prime Minister Ariel Henry from power and possibly ending the massive gangster insurrection that has plagued the country since February.

The gangs rampaging across Haiti ransacked the National Library in the capital city of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. Anguished library director Dangelo Neard said some rare documents were stored in the library, so the gang attack put Haiti’s history at risk.

Canada sent 70 troops to Jamaica to train Caribbean forces for a prospective U.N.-authorized military intervention in Haiti.

An American couple who went missing after their yacht was stolen in the Caribbean are now presumed dead; a trio of escaped inmates were charged with their deaths as well as raping the woman.

The U.S. Southern Command airlifted non-essential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and sent more troops to the embassy to provide security.

A retired American couple is feared dead after three escaped inmates allegedly hijacked their yacht in the Caribbean on February 18.

Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago continued investigations on Thursday into the mysterious “ghost ship” that capsized in unknown circumstances, causing a large offshore oil spill that is now threatening its neighbors.

Colombia is hoping to recover as quickly as possible what has been called the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks” from the Caribbean Sea.

A lawsuit claims the body of a man who died during a Celebrity Cruise in August was not kept in the ship’s morgue but in a cooler.

Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police on Friday in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. Several dozen of the protesters were able to force their way into the National Assembly building, but were driven back with tear gas, while others burned and looted shops across the city. The United Nations expressed concerns on Monday that more violence could be in store, possibly building into an effort to overthrow President Chandrikapersad Santokhi.

Police in London have demanded that an annual Afro-Caribbean festival in London no longer be held after widespread violence, with one officer even being sexually assaulted while policing the event.

Authorities in Colombia who were monitoring the sunken San José galleon have made an exciting discovery, President Ivan Duque announced Monday.

Jamaica indicated on Wednesday that they intend to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a republic.

Whoopi Goldberg, has called for the royal family to apologise for the British Empire and its role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Prince William and his wife Kate have been ‘cancelled’ by Belizean protestors who accused the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge of continuing Britain’s “colonial legacy”.

Two men were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for trying to smuggle £250,000 worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom.