Politics Jan 14 GOP senators flip votes to squash Venezuela war powers resolution By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Jonah Anderson
Nation Jan 05 Maduro case will revive legal debate over foreign leader immunity tested in Noriega trial When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces. By Joshua Goodman, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
World Jan 04 Tense calm holds in Venezuela the day after Maduro was taken by U.S. military A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, one day after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation. By Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press
World Dec 30 Watch 5:01 With strike inside Venezuela, U.S. increases pressure on Maduro regime It is rare that a U.S. president would announce covert action publicly. But that is what President Trump did Monday when he acknowledged a strike on a port facility in Venezuela. Media outlets reported it was the CIA that launched… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn
World Dec 01 Watch 3:57 White House says U.S. fired twice at alleged drug boat, raising bipartisan legal concerns The White House confirmed that the military fired twice at a suspected drug boat during its campaign of airstrikes in the Caribbean. A source familiar with what happened tells PBS News that a second strike in early September came despite… By Nick Schifrin, Solveig Rennan
Dec 01 Watch 6:15 'That 2nd strike was a violation of the laws of war,' former senior military lawyer says By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn For perspective on the U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats and the legal concerns, Geoff Bennett spoke with retired Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper. He served as the Air Force's Deputy Judge Advocate General, and as such, was the service's… Continue watching
Sep 22 Dominican Republic says it recovered cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by U.S. military By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Continue reading
Sep 03 Trinidad and Tobago PM celebrates Caribbean strike and says U.S. should kill all drug traffickers 'violently' By Bert Wilkinson, Anselm Gibbs, Associated Press Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 3:46 U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11 By Nick Schifrin President Trump announced Tuesday that the United States sank a boat after it left Venezuela carrying drugs. It is the first known military strike in the region since the president ordered an increased presence in the Caribbean. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
May 19 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip Temporary Protected Status from some Venezuelans By Associated Press The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife. Continue reading