Venezuela

 

Admiral’s top military lawyer to be summoned in House boat strike inquiry

(Washington Post) A top House Republican plans to summon the senior military lawyer present during a controversial U.S. strike that killed the survivors of an initial attack on their alleged drug smuggling boat in the waters off Venezuela. Read More US pours more firepower into the Caribbean as Trump ramps up threats (Wall Street Journal) The U.S. military is moving more weapons and units into the Caribbean that give Trump powerful new options to escalate his pressure campaign on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Read More JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker (The Associated Press) A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path. Read More

As the US targets Venezuela, its allies  Russia and China show little signs of  support (BBC News) Experts say that Russian and Chinese  support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no  prospect of real military or financial aid. Read More

Trump says ‘starting’ land strikes over  drugs in latest warning (Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said the U.S. would  be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin  America, though again declined to provide details on when  and where the escalation of his military campaign would   actually begin. Read More