Caribbean

US Southern Command strike kills two alleged narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific

"Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed two narco-terrorists," SOUTHCOM said in a post on X/Twitter.

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A US Navy aircrew member gives a thumbs-up inside an MV-22 Osprey aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) while the ship is moored in Honolulu, Hawaii, during Exercise RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) 2026 on July 17, 2026.
Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16. Israel became part of the US Central Command in 2021.

US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, official says, citing Pentagon assessment

President Donald Trump's administration has struck vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, casting its targets as "narco-terrorists."

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Footage from a video released by US Southern Command shows the Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica at sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on January 15, 2026.

US military strikes vessel in Caribbean, killing two alleged narco-terrorists

The US Southern Command said that no US military forces were harmed. It described those killed as "male narco-terrorists," without offering details.

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Historian Jonathan Sarna views a facsimile of a letter from Jonas Phillips, an 18th-century German-Jewish trader, in the exhibit "The First Salute" at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, April 22, 2026.

Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?

The Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius had become one of the busiest free ports in the Atlantic world, and Sephardic Jewish merchants played an active role.

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Empty resorts spell long crisis for Caribbean as coronavirus hits

Across the Caribbean, similar scenes of desolation are playing out as the most tourism-dependent region in the world reels from a pandemic.

APRIL 25, 2020ByMARC FRANK, KATE CHAPPELL
A SECURITY AGENT wearing a protective mask walks on the beach, in Varadero, Cuba, earlier this month.

Chabad couple detail life as full-time members of Aruba's Jewish community

The current modest Aruban Jewish community entails 120 full-time residents, timeshare holders, cruise ship tourists and visitors from all over the world.

JULY 21, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
A Caribbean island [Illustrative]

Rare manuscript describes Jews battling antisemitism in 18th-century Caribbean

At the time, there were flourishing Jewish communities in the Caribbean, particularly in areas under Dutch and English control.

NOVEMBER 28, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
CARIBBEAN JUDAICA – This letter was written to Victor Hughes, special agent of the executive directory on Windward Islands, Curaçao, on September 8, 1798.