The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.
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U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says
For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.
As U.S. Warships Patrol Caribbean, Drug Smugglers Shift Tactics
With the United States surging its military presence in the region and bombing boats, countries in the Caribbean are seeing more flights carrying illegal drugs.
Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World
The administration has begun to pull the U.S. visas of foreign officials in countries that pay the Cuban government for doctors and nurses.
Trinidad and Tobago Declares State of Emergency Over Rising Crime
To curb gang killings and a rise in homicides, the measure empowers the military to make arrests and allows the authorities to enter suspects’ homes without warrants and deny them bail.
Overlooked No More: Si-lan Chen, Whose Dances Encompassed Worlds
As a dancer and choreographer, she sought to represent a broad range of ethnic groups, but audiences often sexualized and exoticized her by focusing on her mixed race.
Mustapha Matura, Caribbean Playwright in London, Dies at 79
His often satirical plays spoke for an alienated West Indian population in postwar Britain and for the people he left behind in Trinidad and Tobago.
She Was Duped and Shipped to a Brothel at 16. Then the Boat Sank.
In April, a boat smuggling dozens of people out of Venezuela, some entrapped by a human trafficking ring, capsized in the sea on the way to Trinidad. Only nine people survived.
Venezuelan Migrants Missing After Boat Sinks
Searchers combed the Caribbean for 25 Venezuelan migrants missing after a boat sank in rough seas on the way to Trinidad.
Teenager Captured With ISIS Fighters Is From Trinidad, Not the U.S., Officials Say
A 16-year-old caught on the front lines in Syria had been taken by his mother to the battle zone when he was 12, his sister and American officials said.