World Sep 22 Dominican Republic says it recovered cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by U.S. military By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press
World Sep 03 Trinidad and Tobago PM celebrates Caribbean strike and says U.S. should kill all drug traffickers ‘violently’ Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. By Bert Wilkinson, Anselm Gibbs, Associated Press
World Sep 02 Watch 3:46 U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11 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. By Nick Schifrin
Politics May 19 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip Temporary Protected Status from some Venezuelans 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. By Associated Press
Nation Mar 17 Watch 9:01 White House ignores court and invokes Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelans A U.S. federal judge asked the Trump administration to explain how it failed to act on its court order to halt the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, including alleged gang members, escalating the confrontation between the President and the… By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Eliot Barnhart, Doug Adams
Jan 31 Venezuela frees 6 Americans after meeting between Maduro and senior Trump official By Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Grenell’s hours long trip to Venezuela, according to the White House, was focused on Trump’s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and on the release of the detained Americans. Continue reading
Jan 09 Officials deny reports of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s arrest after anti-Maduro protest By Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Aides to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: FBI investigates apparent assassination attempt on Trump in West Palm Beach In our news wrap Sunday, Secret Service agents opened fire on a person with a firearm near Trump at his golf club in Florida, a university in Springfield, Ohio received a shooting threat targeting Haitian community members, Houthi rebels fired… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 10:27 The world knows ‘Venezuelan people voted for change,’ opposition leader Machado says By Nick Schifrin, Lachlan Hyatt, Zeba Warsi The top United Nations human rights official voiced deep concerns over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela two weeks after elections that the opposition says it won. President Nicolas Maduro claims he won the vote and is cracking down heavily on… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 6:53 Envoy for hostage affairs describes efforts to free Americans detained abroad By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi While the United States was able to negotiate the release of detained Americans in Venezuela, there are at least four Americans in Russia and approximately seven held in Gaza. The U.S. government's point person working to get them all home… Continue watching