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Trump praises SOUTHCOM counter-drug ops that seize 264,000 pounds and 1,000 traffickers
More than double the ships and planes in SOUTHCOM has led to historic drug seizure numbers.
By Todd South
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Why Comfort sailed south again
Stops are planned for Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, but the focus remains on aiding Venezuela refugees and migrants.
By Mark D. Faram
At US Southern Command, Mattis says military alliances help stability in Western Hemisphere
Defense Secretary James Mattis said Monday that the U.S. military brings stability to most of Latin America through its operations run across the hemisphere by the Miami-based Southern Command.
Op-ed: Trump sees opportunity in Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis as midterms approach
Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis – which began in late 2014, when a drop in oil prices deprived the government of its primary income source – has worsened to previously unimaginable levels. People are now dying from shortages of food and medicine.
By Marco Aponte-Moreno , St Mary's College of California
In Peru for summit, Pence offers support for Syrian strike
Thousands of miles from home, Vice President Mike Pence was thrust into a new, more immediate, role on the world stage Saturday: explaining President Donald Trump’s military strike in Syria to a summit of Latin America leaders.
Venezuela expected to dominate Pence's Latin American trip
Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Latin America comes amid unrest in Venezuela and concern by its neighbors about a possible American military role.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press