U.S. President Donald Trump said he would look into reports the U.S. military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/trump-hegseth-strike-caribbean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #caribbean
Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he recently spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions, while Caracas slammed what it called U.S. preparations for an attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/trump-maduro-caracas-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #southamerica #caribbean
Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country’s rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of dollars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/haiti-gangs-baby-eels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #haiti #eels #caribbean
Lisa Melton
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#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford
joene 🏴🍉
boosted
Join on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮 in 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶 in 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 for a 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 in support of 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. 🇯🇲
From 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮-𝟯𝟬, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, in collaboration with the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, will also host the inaugural 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 to support 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. The proceeds from this 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, showcasing 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻, will be donated to relief efforts in 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮 🇯🇲, 𝗖𝘂𝗯𝗮 🇨🇺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶 🇨🇺. Check out www.caribbeancreativity.nl/events/1st-caribbean-film-days/ for the full program.
Join on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮 in 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶 in 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 for a 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 in support of 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. 🇯🇲
From 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮-𝟯𝟬, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, in collaboration with the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, will also host the inaugural 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 to support 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. The proceeds from this 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, showcasing 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻, will be donated to relief efforts in 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮 🇯🇲, 𝗖𝘂𝗯𝗮 🇨🇺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶 🇨🇺. Check out www.caribbeancreativity.nl/events/1st-caribbean-film-days/ for the full program.
Alex Akselrod
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Operation Southern Spear(ed)
from @katzonearth [he doesn't post here, mostly only on his Substack-hosted blog sadly]
> While Americans have spent the last 24 hours justifiably focused on Trump's exposure in the #epsteinFiles, the president has been increasingly engaged in another dangerous flirtation: with yet another war. The supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are nearing Venezuela, capping off the most significant U.S. military escalation in Latin America since the 1994 U.S. invasion of Haiti. Venezuelan President Nicolás #Maduro has mobilized an estimated 200,000 troops in hopes of staving off regime change. Trump, meanwhile, keeps treating the #Caribbean as his personal shooting gallery, with the death toll from missile strikes on civilian boats he accuses (without offering evidence) of drug smuggling now reaching eighty.
Not just the hey please stop talking about Epstein Files. It's also such an astonishingly major coincidence! that at least three of the countries where Don has begun or is clearly threatening to start wars, all using concocted false pretexts - #Venezuela, #Nigeria, and #Iran - are ALL OIL EXPORTERS.
#hegemony #plunder #feudalism #mercantilism #conquest #colonialism #imperialism #CIA #CIAwars #invasionPretext #invasion #warCrime #invasions #destabilization #CIAinvasions
https://theracket.news/p/operation-southern-spear-ed
Operation Southern Spear(ed)
from @katzonearth [he doesn't post here, mostly only on his Substack-hosted blog sadly]
> While Americans have spent the last 24 hours justifiably focused on Trump's exposure in the #epsteinFiles, the president has been increasingly engaged in another dangerous flirtation: with yet another war. The supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are nearing Venezuela, capping off the most significant U.S. military escalation in Latin America since the 1994 U.S. invasion of Haiti. Venezuelan President Nicolás #Maduro has mobilized an estimated 200,000 troops in hopes of staving off regime change. Trump, meanwhile, keeps treating the #Caribbean as his personal shooting gallery, with the death toll from missile strikes on civilian boats he accuses (without offering evidence) of drug smuggling now reaching eighty.
Not just the hey please stop talking about Epstein Files. It's also such an astonishingly major coincidence! that at least three of the countries where Don has begun or is clearly threatening to start wars, all using concocted false pretexts - #Venezuela, #Nigeria, and #Iran - are ALL OIL EXPORTERS.
#hegemony #plunder #feudalism #mercantilism #conquest #colonialism #imperialism #CIA #CIAwars #invasionPretext #invasion #warCrime #invasions #destabilization #CIAinvasions
https://theracket.news/p/operation-southern-spear-ed
Claudius Link
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Interview: "Gunboat Diplomacy”: US War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
"The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific".
“80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law."
~Juan Pappier
Interview: "Gunboat Diplomacy”: US War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
"The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific".
“80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law."
~Juan Pappier
A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America on Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own “massive” deployment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/politics/us-aircraft-carrier-venezuela-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #caribbean #us #defense #southamerica
Lisa Melton
and 2 others
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Good. Stop enabling the fascist #Trump regime’s #ExtrajudicialKillings
#UK suspends some #intelligence sharing with #US over boat strikes in major break
The #UnitedKingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the #Caribbean because it does not want to be #complicit in US #military strikes & believes the attacks are #illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us
Good. Stop enabling the fascist #Trump regime’s #ExtrajudicialKillings
#UK suspends some #intelligence sharing with #US over boat strikes in major break
The #UnitedKingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the #Caribbean because it does not want to be #complicit in US #military strikes & believes the attacks are #illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us
Rooftop solar has grown significantly in Jamaica over the past decade, and it's seen as a way to become more resilient to ever-intensifying storms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/11/energy/jamaicans-solar-power-storm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #climatechange #typhoons #hurricanes #caribbean #solar #renewables #jamaica
More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash #pollution from cargo #ships. That’s when the #UnitedStates launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the #Trump admin’s combativeness, according to 9 diplomats on its receiving end.
An ambassador from #Asia was told that, if he voted in favor of the plan, his country’s sailors would no longer be allowed to disembark at #US ports. #Caribbean diplomats were told that they could be #blacklisted from entering the US. And #MarcoRubio, the secy of #state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties & other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship #pollution.
Chip Butty
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The US has murdered at least 57 people in the Caribbean and Pacific.
There have been three survivors of these strikes. Two were rescued by the US and taken to their home countries. A third survivor of a missle strike from this passed week the US Navy left to die.
The Mexican Coast Guard attempted to rescue them, I haven't found confirmation if the third survivor was ever found.
So much for troops rejecting illegal orders.
The US has murdered at least 57 people in the Caribbean and Pacific.
There have been three survivors of these strikes. Two were rescued by the US and taken to their home countries. A third survivor of a missle strike from this passed week the US Navy left to die.
The Mexican Coast Guard attempted to rescue them, I haven't found confirmation if the third survivor was ever found.
So much for troops rejecting illegal orders.