Mr. Gunson is a senior analyst for the Andes region at International Crisis Group. He wrote from Caracas, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela’s neglected but beautiful capital, sits behind a forested, over ...

China’s official military newspaper has accused the United States of “gunboat diplomacy” amid rising tensions with Venezuela. The Pentagon announced on Sunday that a strike group including the US Navy ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 ...

Dozens of terrified cruise passengers were left floating in the Caribbean Sea after a catamaran they had been travelling on sank during an excursion. Around 55 holidaymakers had been taking part in a ...

Just the tip of the boat was visible after it went down DOZENS of cruise passengers were left floundering in the sea after a day trip catamaran sank in the Caribbean. The boat – carrying passengers ...

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The Trump administration has now conducted 10 known strikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts that supposedly carry drugs destined for the US. The administration has now amassed a ...

Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Close to 200 years after first being used to assert geopolitical dominance, gunboat ...

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