US-Colombia drug trade feud escalates
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday night he would raise tariffs on Colombia and stop all payments to the country after US military strikes on boats accused of carrying ...
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Trump says will cut US funding to Colombia, calls its president an 'illegal drug dealer'
President Donald Trump on Sunday referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “an illegal drug dealer” and said he would slash US funding because Petro did "nothing to stop" drug production ...
Maduro says Venezuela foiled 'false flag' plot to bomb US embassy amid drug dispute
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday security forces foiled a “false flag” plot by what he called local terrorists to plant explosives at the US embassy in Caracas and ...
Trump boasts US strikes have wiped out drug boats off Venezuela
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that lethal strikes on small boats near the Venezuelan coast that US officials accuse of carrying drugs have been so successful “there are no ...
Robert Mugabe’s son appears in court on drug charge
The son of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has appeared in a Harare court charged with drug possession.Robert Mugabe Jr, 33, was arrested on Wednesday morning as he drove the ...
'Saber-Rattling' in Caribbean: US drug war raises alarms over extrajudicial killings on high seas
Recent US military strikes on Venezuelan speedboats allegedly linked to drug cartels have sparked a wave of controversy. Dr. Nicholas Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Director of ...
Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war' in strikes on alleged drug traffickers
Venezuela on Friday accused the United States of waging an “undeclared war” in the Caribbean after a series of US military strikes on boats that the Trump administration says are ...
US forces strike third alleged drug vessel killing three, Trump says
President Donald Trump announced that US forces conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel allegedly trafficking drugs, killing three “male narcoterrorists” on board. He said he authorized the operation, ...