US is sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid...

US imposes sanctions on Colombian President Petro over flow of illicit drugs

WASHINGTON - The US on Oct 24 imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, accusing him of refusing to stop the flow of cocaine to the US, as Washington increases pressure on the Latin American leader who has clashed with President...

Law, Power, and the Caribbean’s Test of Unity – in face of U.S. military action

- Advertisement - By Sir Ronald Sanders Four days after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government reaffirmed the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, Prime Minister Kamla Persad‑Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago startled the region with a...

US sanctions Colombian President over illicit drugs; Petro calls it a paradox

The United States imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro and several senior officials, accusing them of aiding drug traffickers and letting cocaine production reach record levels. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign...

Colombia's leader slams U.S. boat strikes as illegal and ineffective

Colombia's left-wing President Gustavo Petro has been outspoken in his condemnation of the U.S. military strikes on what the Trump administration says are drug smuggling boats in international waters. Petro calls the strikes easy, but ineffective...

Trump slaps sanctions on Colombia’s president Petro and family amid bitter row over drug war tactics

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 — The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside his wife and eldest son. “President Petro has allowed...

Trump sanctions Colombia president after drug trafficking claims

President Donald Trump sanctioned Colombia’s leader and members of his inner circle for allegedly enabling drug trafficking, personally targeting an ideological foe and frequent critic of US policy. The measures announced Friday by the US Treasury...

'His Private Army': MSNBC Floats Deranged Theory Of Trump’s Military Plans

MSNBC launched into wild speculation Friday night, suggesting President Donald Trump could use the U.S. military as his private army to target Americans. The Pentagon approved the deployment of the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the U.S....

U.S. Treasury sanctions Colombian president over alleged role in drug trafficking

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, following a spat with President Donald Trump over military strikes in the Caribbean and drug trafficking in the South American nation. The sanctions marked...

US sanctions Colombia's president, Trump's drug accusations hit longtime ally

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as President Donald Trump sharply escalated a feud with a longtime Latin American ally over accusations that Petro has refused to stop the...

U.S. sends aircraft carrier to South America in major escalation of military firepower

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid...

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LAW STUDENT ALEXIA TRIM REMEMBERED AS A BEACON OF BRAVERY, BRILLIANCE, AND UNBREAKABLE FAITH

— Times Caribbean Special Feature — The Caribbean legal fraternity is mourning the heartbreaking loss of Alexia Trim, a 23-year-old law student at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, whose courage, intellect, and grace have...

U.S. sending Norfolk-based aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

The U.S. military is sending the Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to the region. WASHINGTON(AP) — The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off...

US places sanctions on Colombian president over alleged failure to stop cartels

The US treasury department has announced sanctions on Colombian president Gustavo Petro, one of Donald Trump’s harshest international critics. “President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity,” treasury...

US slaps sanctions meant for narcos on Petro and Colombia’s interior minister

The United States government added Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti on a Treasury Department blacklist meant for drug traffickers. In a press release, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent justified the move by...

Trump Sanctions Colombia’s President

President Trump’s administration announced sanctions on the president of Colombia, intensifying a clash with the Latin American country over alleged drug trafficking, Bloomberg reports. Trump has assailed Colombian President Gustavo Petro as an...

Day in Photos: Rebellion in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malaysian Grand Prix, and 20th International Rome Film Festival

Juvénal Shimimana, the mobilization leader of the rebel group AFC-M23, shakes hands with a boy who volunteered to join the rebellion after Shimimana's speech in the Katoyi neighborhood in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Oct. 24, 2025....

U.S. hits Colombian President with sanctions amid Trump clash

The Trump administration on Friday sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as well as his wife, son and a close associate, an escalation of the feud between President Trump and the man he has called an "illegal drug leader," News.Az reports...

U.S. sanctions Colombian president amid worsening bilateral relations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro amid deteriorating bilateral relations, accusing Petro of allowing drug cartels to "flourish," according to a statement from...

‘Illegal drug leader’: Trump slaps sanctions on Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro

The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as President Donald Trump sharply escalated a feud with Washington’s longtime Latin American ally over accusations that Petro has refused to stop the flow of cocaine into...