Speaking at an event in Mexico City last week, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed railed against the evils of “colonialism” and said the benefits of artificial intelligence technology (A.I.) should be re-distributed across the developing world, to prevent the same Western-centric mindset from dominating the key technology of the coming century.
The U.S. is taking out large numbers of Iranian small craft, what Tehran euphemistically calls its ‘mosquito fleet’, President Trump revealed.
Police arrested former ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson because they believed he was about to flee to the Caribbean, it is claimed.
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Tuesday announced the U.S. seized another oil tanker that stood in defiance of the Venezuelan oil blockade ordered by President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it had seized another tanker contravening U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil exports. The vessel was apprehended in the Caribbean Sea, the latest in a growing list since the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on January 3.
A SpaceX rocket explosion in January put three commercial flights carrying 450 people at risk, according to newly revealed FAA records. The records also indicate Elon Musk’s company failed to alert the FAA about the explosion, with air traffic controllers learning of the incident when they spotted debris on their radars.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that the United States military has “only just begun” its campaign against suspected narco terrorists.
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.
America’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived in the Caribbean on Tuesday, joining eight other warships and a nuclear submarine in the region.
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.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first nighttime military strike was conducted in international waters against a narco-terrorist smuggling vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth released video of the attack that killed six Tren de Aragua drug smugglers in the overnight strike announced Friday.
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.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters, describing the incident as a “highly provocative move” by the Venezuelan socialist Maduro regime.
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.
