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Trump's ICC Fears Heighten As He's Hit With Landmark Human Rights Complaint Over Deadly Raid

The first formal human-rights complaint against Trump's Caribbean boat strikes secures backing from a Colombian family.

International Business Times UK

Family of Man Killed By U.S. Strike In The Caribbean Accuse Trump Admin Of Illegal Murder Before International Court

The family of a Colombian man killed by a U.S. strike in the Caribbean earlier this year has filed a formal complaint before an international court accusing the Trump administration of illegally killing him.

Latin Times

Republican Rep. Says Hegseth Should Resign If He Was Involved In Follow-On Attack Against Survivors Of Alleged Drug Vessel

Republican Rep. Don Bacon said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should leave his post if it's confirmed that he was involved in the decision to conduct a second strike against survivors of a first attack against an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean.

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Rand Paul Slams Hegseth Over Justification Of Double-Tap Attack Against Alleged Drug Boat: 'Either He Was Lying To Us Or He's Incompetent'

Republican Sen. Rand Paul slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the different explanations given about a second strike that killed survivors of a first attack against an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean.

Latin Times

Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press

As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name

The Guardian - UK

Pete Hegseth 'Didn't Stick Around' To Watch Second Drug-Boat Strike, Says He Couldn't See Survivors In 'Fog Of War'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he did not "stick around" to watch a controversial second U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, even as lawmakers and legal experts intensify scrutiny of the deadly operation.

Benzinga

‘No conceivable legal justification’: Trump administration’s defense of Caribbean strike raises serious questions about what really happened

This strike just got way messier

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Hegseth says U.S. has "only just begun" sinking alleged drug vessels

The strikes have killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Axios

Megyn Kelly Stands By Second Strike To Finish Off Survivors Of Alleged Drug Boat: 'I'd Really Like To See Them Suffer'

Commentator Megyn Kelly defended the second strike conducted by U.S. forces in the Caribbean in September to finish off survivors of an alleged drug boat as part of the Trump administration's military campaign in the region.

Latin Times

The U.S. Has Amassed More Missiles in the Caribbean Than It Used to Overthrow The Gaddafi Regime

The United States has positioned more Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Caribbean than it deployed during the 2011 military campaign that led to the fall of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi

Latin Times

Trump Quietly Turned Puerto Rico Into America's Venezuela Launchpad—Here's What's Coming Next

The US military build-up in Puerto Rico intensifies Trump's confrontation with Venezuela, raising the risk of regional conflict as experts warn of looming land operations.

International Business Times UK

What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White

The Guardian - UK

Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US-Venezuela crisis

Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’

The Guardian - US

"It sounded as though someone was being murdered. The police were called out for the first time in five years": Chaos in the Caribbean and the story of UFO's No Place To Run

Just as UFO seemed poised to take the next step up, their ace-card guitarist Michael Schenker quit. Sotook off to the Caribbean and recorded No Place To Run without him

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Axios

Here are all of Hegseth's military boat strikes near Venezuela that we know about

Military experts have questioned the legality of the boat strikes.

The Mary Sue

‘This is Trump’s mess, start to finish’: People think Trump is trying to throw Pete Hegseth under the bus, and it might be true after what he recently said

Lately, there has been significant controversy surrounding United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. In the first week of September, under Hegseth’s command, his troops conducted a second strike on a vessel in the Caribbean that was suspected of containing drug traffickers, following a first strike that left two individuals…

Latin Times

Republican Rep. Stands By Pete Hegseth Over War Crime Accusations: 'I Smell a Rat'

Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez stood by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a report claiming that he ordered that all members aboard an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean be killed, alleged actions that prompted Democrats to say he may have committed war crimes.

The Guardian - US

Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?

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Donald Trump claims to know nothing about the second Caribbean strike, but also says Pete Hegseth didn’t do it

Is Hegseth about to be thrown under the bus?

The Independent UK

White House defends Hegseth’s ‘legal’ Venezuela drug boat strikes

Congress has opened inquiries into the reported ‘double tap strike’ on the alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean

Latin Times

GOP Will Lead Oversight On Reported Order From Pete Hegseth To Kill All Members Of Alleged Drug Vessels

Republican-led Committees in the House and the Senate announced they will conduct respective investigations regarding an alleged order from Defense Secretarty Pete Hegseth to kill all members of an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean

Benzinga

Pete Hegseth Denies Ordering 'Kill Everybody' Strikes As Senate Launches Investigation Into Controversial Caribbean Military Operations

On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected reports that he ordered all individuals on targeted Caribbean boats to be killed, as lawmakers move to investigate the legality of the operations.

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military

Latin Times

John Bolton Says There Will Be No Military Intervention in Venezuela: 'Soldiers Are Enjoying the Caribbean and Going for Walks'

Bolton also described the recent U.S. naval and aerial activity in the region as lacking strategic coherence

The Independent UK

Trump vows to launch land operations against Venezuelan drug traffickers ‘very soon’

Trump’s announcement that increased action will be taken comes as the United States’ military presence continues to build in the Caribbean

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