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Gabriel Hetland, Murder in the Caribbean — Sidecar
https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/murder-in-the-caribbean?pc=1709

Gabriel Hetland, Murder in the Caribbean — Sidecar
The campaign against Venezuela.

A new, seemingly not yet publicly disclosed U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean
has left survivors for the first time, reports say.
Reuters, citing a U.S. official, reported that the U.S. bombed what they claim is a drug trade-related vessel on Thursday.
However, unlike the military’s previous five strikes, which were publicly disclosed by officials, the attack did not kill all of the people on board, the source said.
Other news outlets confirmed that the strike had …

A US Strike in Caribbean Leaves Survivors, Reports Say
News of the strike comes as the US military’s top official for Latin America has suddenly stepped down.

Exclusive: In a first, US strike in Caribbean leaves survivors, US official says (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-carries-out-new-strike-caribbean-there-are-survivors-us-official-says-2025-10-16/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p165#a251016p165

'We blew it up. And we’ll do it again’.
‘I don’t give a shit what you call it.’
These words, of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, respectively,
refer to the first of five US bombings of boats in international waters near Venezuela in the last month,
which have reportedly killed twenty-seven people overall.
Washington claims the boats were carrying drugs destined for US shores but has offered no proof;
evidence indica…

Gabriel Hetland, Murder in the Caribbean — Sidecar
The campaign against Venezuela.

Aircraft Carrier Arrives in the Caribbean in Major Buildup near Venezuela | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/aircraft-carrier-Venezuela-trump-Ford-strikes-drugs/2025/11/16/id/1234765/

Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror”
https://www.justsecurity.org/120568/caribbean-strike-departure-war-on-terror/

U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela (Laura Sullivan/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609888/aircraft-carrier-caribbean-venezuela-military-action
http://www.memeorandum.com/251115/p57#a251115p57

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,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch.
The Pentagon claims the boats were carrying drugs but officials have acknowledged they don’t know who has been killed.
The U.S.now has 15,000 military personnel in the region.

“Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. 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,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. Th…

A bipartisan group in the Senate is planning to force a vote on legislation that would
bar the United States from engaging in hostilities inside Venezuela without explicit authorization by Congress.
The measure faces long odds given the unwillingness of most Republican lawmakers to challenge Donald Trump,
who would be all but certain to veto it.
But a vote on the legislation, which is required, would put Congress on the record on whether to rein in Trump’s escalating…

Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela
The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee has said that
the Pentagon has provided Congress with “no evidence” to back its claims on the legitimacy of the boat strike in the Caribbean
that killed 11 people who experts say were civilians.
The Defense Department briefed congressional staff on the strike on Tuesday, CNN reports.
The officials did not present any evidence backing the Trump administration’s claims that the people targeted were affiliated with a…

Senators: Pentagon Has Not Given “Any” Justification for Caribbean Boat Strike
“There is no evidence — none — that this strike was conducted in self-defense,” said Sen. Jack Reed.