Caribbean

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have returned to their home country as the mission seeking to address gang violence in Haiti draws to a close, making room for another phase of international intervention.

Cuba's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign trade and investment, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, told NBC News that the ongoing blockade by the United States is hindering the strategy from coming to fruition.

Over 1,200 people have been killed by drones operated by police and mercenaries in Haiti, who have been increasingly used the technology to gain ground on gangs controlling vast swaths of territory in the country, according to a new report.

President Donald Trump is working on a deal with Cuba that could allow President Miguel Diaz-Canel and members of the Castro Family to remain on the island, rather than go into exile, according to a new report.

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering the possibility of pursuing regime change in Cuba, believing that the administration's belligerent stance is working.

The death toll from U.S. strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific now stands close to 150 following the latest operations in the region.

The U.S. is significantly reducing its presence in the Caribbean by sending the USS Gerald Ford, the country's largest aircraft carrier, to the Middle East along with its strike group.

A U.S. Marine was declared dead three days after falling overboard into the Caribbean Sea during an operation aboard the USS Iwo Jima, according to a new report.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said some cartels have decided to "cease all narcotics operations INDEFINITELY" as a result of strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean.

Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed in an October airstrike against an alleged drug vessel are suing the U.S. government for wrongful death.

The majority of Haiti's transitional council voted to oust the country's prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aime, defying warnings from the United States and others in the international community.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed his support for Haitian Prime Minister Alix Fils-Aime amid reports that members of the country's transitional council want to remove him.

The United States issued a warning to Haitian politicians who might be seeking to make changes to the transitional government as the country heads to elections for the first time in a decade.

Venezuela has begun reopening oil wells that were shut during a strict U.S. embargo as crude exports resumed this week under close U.S. oversight, according to a new report.

Venezuela's second-in-command, Diosdado Cabello, threatened the neighboring country of Trinidad and Tobago over the potential use of its territory by the U.S. to launch attacks against his country.

The United States continues to be the dominant source of remittances to Latin America, accounting for the majority of flows, followed by Spain

The sharp expansion of U.S. military activity in the Caribbean since August has prompted analysts to assess how Venezuela could respond if Washington moves beyond pressure and toward direct military action against Nicolás Maduro's regime.

The U.S. has now killed more than 100 people across the different strikes against alleged drug vessels after the latest strike in the Eastern Pacific.

Stephen Miller has played a central role in shaping a U.S. military campaign that has carried out lethal strikes against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, according to a new report.

Trinidad and Tobago said it will allow the U.S. military to access its two main airports in the coming weeks for logistical activities, a move that drew an immediate backlash from Venezuela.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will not publicly release the unedited video of a controversial second U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat carried out on Sept. 2

The U.S. military carried out strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people and bringing the total death toll in the campaign to at least 95.

Informality continues to dominate labor markets in the region, affecting 46.7 percent of all workers—nearly one in two people employed

Venezuela accused the United States of committing an act of "international piracy" after U.S. forces seized an oil tanker near the country's coastline.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro said that the country is prepared "to knock the teeth out of the North American empire if necessary," responding to escalating U.S. military pressure in the Caribbean and the seizure of a tanker near Venezuelan waters.

Different countries have offered to deploy soldiers, engineers and police officers to help quash gangs in Haiti, according to a new report.

Iran has pledged "unconditional" support to Venezuela one day after President Donald Trump said Nicolás Maduro is living his "last days" in power.

Congress is considering a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget unless he turns over unedited video of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.

A contingent of hundreds of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti, the first deployment of forces since the UN Security Council approved expanding the existing force to fight the gangs that control most of the capital and large swaths of the country.

The U.S. has now killed more than 85 people in attacks against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific after the latest attack, which took place on Thursday.