Caribbean

New details have emerged about last week's U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan boat in the southern Caribbean. According to reporting by The New York Times, the vessel had altered its course and appeared to be retreating before American forces destroyed it, killing 11 people on board.

The F-35 stealth fighter, first used by Israel in combat, has been deployed to Puerto Rico by the Trump administration in an unprecedented anti-cartel operation.

His remarks come amid the deployment of U.S. military assets near Venezuela, including eight missile-equipped ships and a nuclear-powered submarine

Venezuelan Defense Minister Wladimir Padrino López delivered an unexpected address from a military bunker on Sunday, announcing the deployment of 25,000 troops to confront drug trafficking networks across the country. The move came as the United States intensified military pressure in the Caribbean and maintained a $15 million bounty on his head.

Florida Republican Congressman Carlos Gimenez sharply criticized Colombian President Gustavo Petro, calling his response to a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean "an insult to Colombians," and an evidence of "his complicity with drug cartels."

Eight people kidnapped weeks ago from an orphanage in Haiti have been released by gangs.

The UN said that half of all gang members in Haiti are now children, a statistic the organization described as "alarming"

The U.S., along with Panama, proposed creating a "gang-suppression force" comprised of up to 5,500 to face criminal organizations in the country

Trinidad and Tobago has declared its support for the U.S. Navy's recent deployment near Venezuela and said it would allow American forces to use its territory if president Nicolás Maduro were to attack neighboring Guyana

The U.S. wants to double the amount of international forces fighting gangs in Haiti and remove Kenya from its leading role, an official said at the Organization of American States

Two Haitian police officers were killed and six others were injured following a "kamikazi" drone explosion near Port-au-Prince

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday the mobilization of 4.5 million militia members in response to increased U.S. pressure

The U.S. Air Force announced it will deploy four aircraft and crews to Curaçao to "support enhanced counter-narcotics operations"

American private security executive Erik Prince plans to deploy hundreds of mercenaries to fight Haitian gangs in the next weeks, according to a new report

Private security executive Erik Prince says he plans to keep mercenaries in Haiti for 10 years and eventually get access to the country's tax-collecting system as part of an arrangement with authorities

A North Carolina trucker has been charged with financing a prominent Haitian gang leader seeking to overthrow the government

The Cuban peso reached a new all-time low on Monday as a partial dollarization of the economy continues

Pope Leo XIV called for the release of eight hostages taken from a Haitian orphanage last week, including a three-year-old child and an Irish missionary

Nine people are missing after a mass kidnapping event at an orphanage in Haiti, including a three-year-old and an Irish missionary

An American veteran has been missing for months after a failed mission with a private contractor in Haiti

Gangs continue wreaking havoc in Haiti, now making advances in the country's central region

Groups of Haitian vigilantes fighting gangs are allegedly committing the same abuses they are claiming to fight against, according to a new report

Haitian gangs now control 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the latest UN update on the embattled country

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres challenged the Trump administration's assessment that Haiti's situation has improved enough to allow the return of TPS holders whose status has been revoked

Haitian forces have begun using drones to fight with the gangs that have taken over most of the capital, reportedly killing hundreds and wounding more

The head of Haiti's transitional council admitted authorities have hired mercenaries to help them fight armed gangs that control most of the capital

The U.N.'s Children in Armed Conflict report noted that violence against children in Haiti has increased by almost 500% over the past year

Haiti is one of five countries in the world facing catastrophic levels of hunger, according to the United Nations' food agency

Haitian "self-defense brigades," which claim to protect communities from gangs, are being accused of engaging in violent actions unrelated to that purpose

Cubans are resorting to alternatives to electricity as widespread power outages continue impacting the island