Venezuela

 

CIA strike escalates the Trump administration's pressure campaign on Venezuela

(NPR) A U.S. official confirms that the CIA struck a dock facility on the coast of Venezuela. Read More

MQ-9 Reapers flying with unusually heavy weapons loads over Caribbean

(The War Zone) Over the past week or so, U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been spotted carrying increasingly greater numbers of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on sorties from Puerto Rico. Read More

US strikes in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific (updated)

A list of US military strikes against alleged  drug-carrying vessels (Military Times) Since early September, the U.S. military has  conducted strikes against alleged drug-carrying vessels in the  Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in support of what  the Pentagon has called continued counternarcotics efforts.  Read More

Pentagon

US sanctions Venezuelan firm for  assembling and maintaining Iranian  drones (Flight Global) Washington has imposed sanctions on a  Venezuelan aerospace company and its chairman for  allegedly facilitating the acquisition, assembly and operation  of Iranian-designed Mohajer-series unmanned aerial vehicles   with surveillance and strike capabilities. Read More