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US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on...

Trump administration prepares to seek Raúl Castro indictment as it pressures Cuba
The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald...

President Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears about Greenland and NATO
Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while also using his wide-ranging congressional...

Venezuelan opposition leader is confident about return of democracy but says little of her plans
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Donald Trump claims contact with Nicolás Maduro’s deputy
Venezuelans on Saturday were scrambling to understand who is in charge of their country after a U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump says stopping suspected drug boats doesn’t work. But the US reports record cocaine seizures.
In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has been a...

ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as President Donald Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
Across the United States in immigration courts from New York to Seattle this week, Homeland Security officials are ramping up enforcement actions in what appears to be a coordinated dragnet...

USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he’ll do that working with Elon Musk ’s Department of...

Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘ black hole’ for migrants and deportees from US, observers warn
Costa Rica and Panama have received hundreds of deportees from various nations sent by the United States.
