Mexico’s president said on Thursday that he will skip the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in San Francisco because his country “has no relations” with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted …
Read More »Haitian hospital surrounded by gang members; women, children held hostage
A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center who pleaded for help via social media. Jose Ulysse, founder and director of the Fontaine Hospital Center in the sprawling Cite …
Read More »Magnitude 5.8 earthquake shakes Mexico City, surrounding rural areas
Mexico City residents were rattled by a moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck to the south of the capital Thursday. MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKE RATTLES BARBADOS The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at about 2:03 p.m. local time at a spot near Chiautla de Tapia, a rural village about …
Read More »U.S. warships to patrol international waters around Venezuela as Trump vows to stop cartels
The U.S. military has sent destroyers and thousands of Marines toward Venezuela as President Donald Trump doubles down on deadly drug cartels. At least three Aegis guided-missile destroyers — USS Gravely and USS Jason Dunham among them — are part of the mission, a source familiar with the situation told …
Read More »Trump, Brazil’s Lula move to mend fences after trade clash, judicial firestorm with ‘friendly’ call
President Donald Trump said he had a “very good” phone call with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, their first substantive conversation since the pair sparred over U.S. tariffs and the prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro. “We will be having further discussions, and will get together …
Read More »US military buildup in Caribbean sees bombers, Marines and warships converge near Venezuela
The United States has significantly increased its military presence across the Caribbean under U.S. Southern Command, deploying bombers, warships and Marines as part of an expanded campaign targeting drug-trafficking and so-called “narco-terrorist” networks operating near Venezuela. In addition to seven strikes on boats believed to be carrying narcotics, the Trump …
Read More »US sanctions Colombian president and family over drug trafficking allegations
The Trump administration’s Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Francisco Petro, along with his wife, son and a close associate, accusing the group of being involved in the global illicit drug trade. The action was taken under a Biden administration executive order targeting foreigners involved in the drug …
Read More »GOP senator predicts Trump's next move in Venezuela amid Hezbollah’s influence: 'Long past due'
Hezbollah’s growing foothold in Latin America has found its epicenter in Venezuela, where U.S. lawmakers and former counterterror officials say the Maduro regime has turned the country into a safe haven for one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups, giving it access to drug trafficking routes, forged documents and …
Read More »Trump doubles down on Colombia crackdown, calls Petro ‘lunatic,’ vows to end all US payments over drugs
President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his criticism of Colombia, calling its far-left president, Gustavo Petro, a “lunatic” and the “worst president they’ve ever had” as he reiterated his vow to cut off all funding to the Latin American country over its cocaine production. Trump’s incendiary comments came …
Read More »Alliance with US ‘dismantled’ by leftist Petro regime, Colombia’s former defense minister says
Former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón warned that the once-close U.S.–Colombia alliance has “collapsed” under President Gustavo Petro, accusing the leftist leader of aligning with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and turning Colombia into a “narco-state.” Pinzón, who is weighing a presidential run, told Fox News Digital he could “repair U.S.-Colombian …
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